Fluvioviridavis

<i>Fluvioviridavis</i>

Fluvioviridavis

Extinct genus of birds

Fluvioviridavis is an extinct genus of bird from the Early Eocene Green River Formation of Wyoming.[2] There is only one known species, F. platyrhamphus.

Second known specimen

Quick Facts Fluvioviridavis Temporal range: Early Eocene, Scientific classification ...

References

  1. [1]
    Mayr, G. & Daniels, M. 2001. "A new short-legged landbird from the early Eocene of Wyoming and contemporaneous European sites". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 46 (3): 393-402
  2. [2]
    Nesbitt, S. J.; Ksepka, D. T.; Clarke, J. A. (2011). Iwaniuk, Andrew (ed.). "Podargiform Affinities of the Enigmatic Fluvioviridavis platyrhamphus and the Early Diversification of Strisores ("Caprimulgiformes" + Apodiformes)". PLOS ONE. 6 (11): e26350. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...626350N. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0026350. PMC 3227577. PMID 22140427.


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