Primapus lacki Harrison and Walker 1975 (swift)

Aves - Apodiformes

Full reference: C. J. O. Harrison and C. A. Walker. 1975. A new swift from the Lower Eocene of Britain. Ibis 117(2):162-164

Belongs to Primapus according to J. Mlikovsky 2002

See also Harrison 1984, Harrison and Walker 1975 and Harrison and Walker 1977

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Fish Tooth Beds, which is in a Ypresian marine claystone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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