Itaboravis
Itaboravis | |
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Coracoid and humerus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Cariamae |
Genus: | †Itaboravis Mayr et al. 2011 |
Type species | |
†Itaboravis elaphrocnemoides Mayr et al. 2011
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Itaboravis is an extinct genus of land birds uncovered from the Early Eocene Itaboraí Formation of São José do Itaboraí, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil.[1][2]
References[]
- ^ Itaboravis at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Gerald Mayr; H. Alvarenga & (2011). "An Elaphrocnemus−like landbird and other avian remains from the late Paleocene of Brazil". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 56 (4): 679–684.
Categories:
- Seriemas
- Prehistoric bird genera
- Eocene birds of South America
- Ypresian life
- Itaboraian
- Paleogene Brazil
- Fossils of Brazil
- Fossil taxa described in 2011
- Prehistoric bird stubs