- Namibiavis
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Namibiavis
Temporal range: 16 MaScientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Opisthocomiformes Family: Opisthocomidae Genus: †Namibiavis
Mourer-Chauviré, 2003Species: †N. senutae Binomial name Namibiavis senutae
Mourer-Chauviré, 2003Namibiavis is an extinct genus of early hoatzin[1] from early Middle Miocene (about 16 mya) deposits of Namibia. It was collected from Arrisdrift, southern Namibia. It was first named by Cécile Mourer-Chauviré in 2003 and the type species is Namibiavis senutae.[2]
References
- ^ Cécile Mourer-Chauviré (2003). "Birds (Aves) from the Middle Miocene of Arrisdrift (Namibia). Preliminary study with description of two new genera: Amanuensis (Accipitriformes, Sagittariidae) and Namibiavis (Gruiformes, Idiornithidae)". Geological Survey of Namibia, Memoir 19: 103–113.
Categories:- Opisthocomiformes
- Prehistoric birds of Africa
- Fossil taxa described in 2003
- Prehistoric bird stubs
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