Itaboravis
Appearance
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Itaboravis | |
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Coracoid and humerus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Cariamae |
Genus: | †Itaboravis Mayr et al. 2011 |
Type species | |
†Itaboravis elaphrocnemoides Mayr et al. 2011
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Itaboravis is an extinct genus of land birds uncovered from the Early Eocene Itaboraí Formation of São José do Itaboraí, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil.[1][2] Based on analysis of a coracoid and two humeri it was tentatively assigned to Cariamae (=Cariamiformes), due to similarities with Elaphrocnemus, but some morphological similarities of the humerus to the palaeognathous family Tinamidae were also noted.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "†Itaboravis Mayr et al. 2011 (bird)". Fossilworks. Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
- ^ a b Gerald Mayr; H. Alvarenga & J. Clarke (2011). "An Elaphrocnemus−like landbird and other avian remains from the late Paleocene of Brazil". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 56 (4): 679–684. doi:10.4202/app.2010.0099. S2CID 54708898.