Archaeodromus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of birds}}

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| genus = Archaeodromus

| species = anglicus

| authority = Mayr, 2021

| parent_authority = Mayr, 2021

| fossil_range = {{fossil range|54.6|55|Early Ypresian}}

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Archaeodromus anglicus is a species of prehistoric bird in the family Archaeotrogonidae, found in the Early Ypresian of the London Clay formation. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Archaeodromus. Both species and genus were described in 2021 by Gerald Mayr.

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{{cite journal |last1=Mayr |first1=Gerald |author1-link=Gerald Mayr |title=An early Eocene fossil from the British London Clay elucidates the evolutionary history of the enigmatic Archaeotrogonidae (Aves, Strisores) |journal=Papers in Palaeontology |date=November 2021 |volume=7 |issue=4 |pages=2049–2064 |doi=10.1002/spp2.1392|bibcode=2021PPal....7.2049M }}

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Category:Archaeotrogonidae

Category:Monotypic prehistoric bird genera

Category:Fossil taxa described in 2021

Category:Taxa named by Gerald Mayr

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