Avolatavis
Avolatavis is an extinct genus of stem-parrot (pan-psittaciform) known from the early Eocene Fossil Butte Member of the Green River Formation of Wyoming, United States. It was first named by Daniel T. Ksepka and Julia A. Clarke in 2012 and the type species is Avolatavis tenens.[1]
| Avolatavis Temporal range: Eocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Genus: | †Avolatavis Ksepka & Clarke, 2012 |
| Type species | |
| †Avolatavis tenens Ksepka & Clarke, 2012 | |
References
- Daniel T. Ksepka and Julia A. Clarke (2012). "A new stem parrot from the Green River Formation and the complex evolution of the grasping foot in Pan-Psittaciformes". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (2): 395–406. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.641704.
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