Tydea

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| fossil_range = Rupelian

| genus = Tydea

| species = septentrionalis

| authority = Mayr & Smith, 2012

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Tydea is an extinct genus of diomedeid that lived during the Rupelian stage of the Oligocene epoch.

Distribution

Tydea septentrionalis is known from Belgium.{{Cite journal |last1=Mayr |first1=Gerald |last2=Smith |first2=Thierry |date=1 January 2012 |title=A fossil albatross from the Early Oligocene of the North Sea Basin |url=https://academic.oup.com/auk/article/129/1/87-95/5148655 |journal=The Auk |language=en |volume=129 |issue=1 |pages=87–95 |doi=10.1525/auk.2011.11192 |access-date=24 February 2025 |via=Oxford Academic}}

References

Category:Diomedeidae

Category:Fossil taxa described in 2012

Category:Monotypic prehistoric bird genera