Hoazinavis
Extinct genus of birds
Hoazinavis Temporal range: Late Oligocene-Early Miocene (Deseadan) ~24–22 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
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 Tremembé Formation 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]
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Genera of hoatzins and their extinct allies
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Clade: Passerea
- Order: Opisthocomiformes
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