Tonsala
| Tonsala Temporal range: Oligocene ~ | |
|---|---|
| Dentary, vertebra, pelvis, femur and tibiotarsus referred to Tonsala hildegardae | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Suliformes |
| Family: | †Plotopteridae |
| Subfamily: | †Tonsalinae |
| Genus: | †Tonsala Olson, 1980 |
| Type species | |
| Tonsala hildegardae Olson, 1980 | |
Tonsala 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 of the State of Washington and Japan.