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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Extinct genus of birds}}<br />
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| name = ''Prophaethon''<br />
| fossil_range = [[Early Eocene]], {{fossil range|56|49}}<br />
| genus = Prophaethon<br />
| parent_authority = <br />
| species = shrubsolei<br />
| authority = Andrews, 1899<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Prophaethon''''' is an [[extinct]] [[genus]] of [[seabird]] that lived during the Early [[Eocene]] ([[Ypresian]], c.56-49 [[mya (unit)|mya]]). As indicated by its generic name, it is a distant relative of the [[tropicbird]]s.<br />
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== Distribution ==<br />
The [[type species]], ''P. shrubsolei'', is essentially [[Knowledge|known]] from a [[holotype]] [[Biological specimen|specimen]] consisting of fairly comprehensive [[fossil]] remains of a single individual, namely a skull and some limb bones, which were recovered from the [[London Clay]] on the [[Isle of Sheppey]], [[England]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Andrews |first1=Chas. W. |year=1899 |title=On the Remains of a new Bird from the London Clay of Sheppey |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/70018 |journal=[[Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London]] |volume=67 |issue=3 |pages=776–785 |doi=10.1111/j.1469-7998.1899.tb06889.x |hdl=2027/njp.32101055916900}}</ref> Since its initial description, more remains of ''P. shrubsolei'' were described by [[Gerald Mayr]], having been found at Walton-on-the-Naze, also in the London Clay.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Mayr |first=Gerald |date=January 2015 |editor-last=Voelker |editor-first=Gary |title=New remains of the Eocene Prophaethon and the early evolution of tropicbirds (Phaethontiformes) |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ibi.12214 |journal=[[Ibis (journal)|Ibis]] |language=en |volume=157 |issue=1 |pages=54–67 |doi=10.1111/ibi.12214 |issn=0019-1019 |access-date=4 March 2025 |via=Wiley Online Library|url-access=subscription }}</ref> A second [[species]], ''P. waltonensis'', has also been described from fossil remains hailing from Walton-on-the-Naze.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Mayr |first=Gerald |last2=Kitchener |first2=Andrew C. |date=29 October 2024 |title=A new species of the Prophaethontidae (Aves, Phaethontiformes) from the early Eocene London Clay |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2024.2418895 |journal=[[Historical Biology]] |language=en |pages=1–8 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2024.2418895 |issn=0891-2963 |access-date=4 March 2025 |via=Taylor and Francis Online|doi-access=free }}</ref><br />
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