Fluvioviridavis
| Fluvioviridavis Temporal range: Early Eocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Family: | †Fluvioviridavidae |
| Genus: | †Fluvioviridavis Mayr & Daniels, 2001[1] |
| Species: | †F. platyrhamphus
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| †Fluvioviridavis platyrhamphus Mayr & Daniels, 2001
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Fluvioviridavis is an extinct genus of bird from the Early Eocene Green River Formation of Wyoming.[2] There is only one known species, F. platyrhamphus.
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
- ^ Nesbitt, S. J.; Ksepka, D. T.; Clarke, J. A. (2011). Iwaniuk, Andrew (ed.). "Podargiform Affinities of the Enigmatic Fluvioviridavis platyrhamphus and the Early Diversification of Strisores ("Caprimulgiformes" + Apodiformes)". PLOS ONE. 6 (11): e26350. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...626350N. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0026350. PMC 3227577. PMID 22140427.
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