Lithoptila

Lithoptila
Temporal range: Paleocene (Thanetian),
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Phaethontiformes
Family: Prophaethontidae
Genus: Lithoptila
Bourdon, 2005
Species:
L. abdounensis
Binomial name
Lithoptila abdounensis
Bourdon, E. et al. 2005

Lithoptila abdounensis is an extinct species of prophaethontid seabird that lived during the Palaeogene period. It is a distant relative of the tropicbirds.