Fluvioviridavis
| Fluvioviridavis Temporal range: Early Eocene | |
|---|---|
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| Holotype specimen | |
| Fossil | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Subclass: | Neornithes |
| Infraclass: | Neognathae |
| Superorder: | Neoaves |
| Family: | Fluvioviridavidae |
| Genus: | Fluvioviridavis Mayr & Daniels, 2001[1] |
| Species: | F. platyrhamphus |
| Binomial name | |
| Fluvioviridavis platyrhamphus Mayr & Daniels, 2001 | |
Fluvioviridavis is an extinct genus of bird from the Early Eocene Green River Formation of Wyoming.[2] There is only one known species, F. platyrhamphus.
Second known specimen
References
- ↑ Mayr, G. & Daniels, M. 2001. "A new short-legged landbird from the early Eocene of Wyoming and contemporaneous European sites". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 46 (3): 393-402
- ↑ Nesbitt, S. J.; Ksepka, D. T.; Clarke, J. A. (2011). Iwaniuk, Andrew, ed. "Podargiform Affinities of the Enigmatic Fluvioviridavis platyrhamphus and the Early Diversification of Strisores ("Caprimulgiformes" + Apodiformes)". PLoS ONE 6 (11): e26350. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0026350. PMC 3227577. PMID 22140427.
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