Vastanavis Temporal range:
Early Eocene
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Family: | † Vastanavidae |
Genus: | †
Vastanavis Mayr et al., 2007 |
Type species | |
†Vastanavis eocaena Mayr et al., 2007
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Other species | |
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Vastanavis is a genus of parrot-like bird that lived in what is now western India in the Early Eocene. It contains two species, Vastanavis eocaena and Vastanavis cambayensis; both are known from the Cambay Formation. [1] [2] Vastanavis was at least semi- zygodactyl, and most likely arboreal. [2]
Vastanavis Temporal range:
Early Eocene
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Family: | † Vastanavidae |
Genus: | †
Vastanavis Mayr et al., 2007 |
Type species | |
†Vastanavis eocaena Mayr et al., 2007
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Other species | |
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Vastanavis is a genus of parrot-like bird that lived in what is now western India in the Early Eocene. It contains two species, Vastanavis eocaena and Vastanavis cambayensis; both are known from the Cambay Formation. [1] [2] Vastanavis was at least semi- zygodactyl, and most likely arboreal. [2]