Biology:Hoazinavis
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Short description: Extinct genus of birds
| Hoazinavis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Opisthocomiformes |
| Family: | Opisthocomidae |
| Genus: | †Hoazinavis Mayr et al., 2011 |
| Species: | †H. lacustris
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| Binomial name | |
| †Hoazinavis lacustris Mayr et al., 2011
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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]
References
Wikidata ☰ Q4040699 entry
