Stemec
| Stemec | |
|---|---|
| Coracoid of Stemec suntokum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Suliformes |
| Family: | †Plotopteridae |
| Genus: | †Stemec Kaiser, Watanabe & Johns, 2015 |
| Type species | |
| Stemec suntokum Kaiser, Watanabe & Johns, 2015 | |
Stemec is an extinct genus of Plotopteridae, a family of flightless seabird similar in biology with penguins, but more closely related to modern cormorants. The genus is known from terrains dated from the Late Oligocene Sooke Formation of British Columbia