Itaboravis

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]

Itaboravis
Temporal range: Early Eocene (Itaboraian)
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Coracoid and humerus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cariamae
Genus: Itaboravis
Mayr et al. 2011
Type species
Itaboravis elaphrocnemoides
Mayr et al. 2011

References

  1. "†Itaboravis Mayr et al. 2011 (bird)". Fossilworks. Retrieved 3 February 2023 from the Paleobiology Database.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  2. 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.


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