Itaboravis

Itaboravis
Temporal range: Late Paleocene
Coracoid and humerus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cariamae
Genus: Itaboravis
Mayr et al. 2011
Type species
Itaboravis elaphrocnemoides
Mayr et al. 2011

Itaboravis is an extinct genus of land bird uncovered from the Late Paleocene of São José do Itaboraí, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil.[1]

References

  1. Mayr, G., H. Alvarenga, and J. Clarke (2011). "An Elaphrocnemus−like landbird and other avian remains from the late Paleocene of Brazil". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 56 (4): 679–684.


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