Hoazinavis

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Hoazinavis
Temporal range: Late Oligocene-Early Miocene (Deseadan)
~24–22 Ma
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Opisthocomiformes
Family: Opisthocomidae
Genus: Hoazinavis
Mayr et al., 2011
Species:
H. lacustris
Binomial name
Hoazinavis lacustris
Mayr et al., 2011

Hoazinavis is an extinct genus of early hoatzin from Late Oligocene and Early Miocene (about 24–22 mya) deposits of Brazil. It was collected in 2008 from the of São Paulo, Brazil. It was first named by Gerald Mayr, Herculano Alvarenga and Cécile Mourer-Chauviré in 2011 and the type species is Hoazinavis lacustris.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Gerald Mayr, Herculano Alvarenga and Cécile Mourer-Chauviré (2011). "Out of Africa: Fossils shed light on the origin of the hoatzin, an iconic Neotropic bird". Naturwissenschaften. 98 (11): 961–966. Bibcode:2011NW.....98..961M. doi:10.1007/s00114-011-0849-1. PMID 21964974. S2CID 24210185.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
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