Biology:Fissuravis
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Short description: Extinct genus of birds
Fissuravis Temporal range: Paleocene
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
Order: | †Lithornithiformes |
Family: | †Lithornithidae |
Genus: | †Fissuravis (Gerald Mayr, 2007)[1] |
Species | |
†Fissuravis weigelti |
Fissuravis ("fissure bird") is a genus of extinct bird from the Paleocene of Germany . A lithornithid, it was closely related to modern ratites, but it was a capable flyer.[1]
Ecology
Hailing from the Walbeck Paleocene deposits, it is found amidst a rich avian fauna, which also included the gigantic Gastornis and the enigmatic ratite Remiornis.
Like most lithornithids, it was probably a very competent flyer, its coracoid remnants suggesting powerful flight musculature, and it likely engaged in a similar style of soaring flight to Lithornis and Pseudocrypturus.[1]
References
Wikidata ☰ Q23305166 entry
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