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'''Fluvioviridavis''' is an extinct genus of primitive [[bird]] from [[Early Eocene]] of [[Wyoming]]. There are only one species recorded, ''F. platyrhamphus''.
'''Fluvioviridavis''' is an extinct genus of primitive [[bird]] from [[Early Eocene]] of [[Wyoming]].<ref>http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0026350?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+plosone%2FEvolutionaryBiology+%28PLoS+ONE+Alerts%3A+Evolutionary+Biology%29</ref> There are only one species recorded, ''F. platyrhamphus''.
[[File:Fluvioviridavis platyrhamphus.png|thumb|left|Second known specimen]]

==References==
==References==
* 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.
* 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.
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Fluvioviridavis
Temporal range: Early Eocene
Holotype specimen
Fossil
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Fluvioviridavis

Mayr & Daniels, 2001
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F. platyrhamphus
Binomial name
Fluvioviridavis platyrhamphus
Mayr & Daniels, 2001

Fluvioviridavis is an extinct genus of primitive bird from Early Eocene of Wyoming.[1] There are only one species recorded, F. platyrhamphus.

Second known specimen

References

  • 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.

References