Opisthocomidae
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| Opisthocomids Temporal range: Oligocene - Recent, 24–0 Ma Possible Eocene record |
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| Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| (unranked): | Coccyges |
| Superorder: | Cuculimorphae |
| Order: | Opisthocomiformes |
| Family: | Opisthocomidae Swainson, 1837 |
| Type species | |
| Phasianus hoazin Muller, 1776 |
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?Foratidae |
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Opisthocomidae is a group of birds, the only named family within the order Opisthocomiformes. The only living representative is the Hoatzin Opisthocomus hoazin, which lives in the Amazon and the Orinoco delta in South America. Several fossil species have been identified, including one from Africa.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Mayr, G., Alvarenga, H. and Mourer-Chauviré, C. (2011). "Out of Africa: Fossils shed light on the origin of the hoatzin, an iconic Neotropic bird." Naturwissenschaften, doi:10.1007/s00114-011-0849-1
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