Lavocatavis
Extinct genus of birds / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lavocatavis is an extinct genus of phorusrhacid[1][2] from the Eocene of Algeria. A fossilized femur was described from the Glib Zegdou Formation in 2011 and is the only known specimen of Lavocatavis. The species was designated L. africana.[3]
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Lavocatavis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Cariamiformes |
Family: | †Phorusrhacidae |
Genus: | †Lavocatavis Mourer-Chauviré et al., 2011 |
Species: | †L. africana |
Binomial name | |
†Lavocatavis africana Mourer-Chauviré et al., 2011 | |
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