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Colymbiculus fossil map

Where fossils of Colymbiculus have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 45 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 45 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

GroupPrehistoric birds
Lived48.07–41.03 million years ago (Lutetian)
PeriodsPaleogene
FamilyGaviidae
Named byMayr and Zvonok 2011
Fossil records1 occurrences at 1 locations (PBDB)
Found inUkraine
Rock formationsBuchak

About Colymbiculus

Colymbiculus is an extinct genus of loon that lived in Novopskov, Ukraine

in the Eocene.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Colymbiculus (revision 1272982559), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q5150353.

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