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Avolatavis
Temporal range: Eocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Psittacopasseres
Genus: †Avolatavis
Ksepka & Clarke, 2012
Type species
†Avolatavis tenens
Ksepka & Clarke, 2012

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]

References

  1. ^ 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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