Nahmavis

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Nahmavis
Temporal range: Early Eocene
Fossil bird Field Museum.jpg
Fossil of Nahmavis grandei
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Neoaves
Order: Charadriiformes (?)
Genus: Nahmavis
Musser & Clarke, 2020
Type species
Nahmavis grandei
(Musser & Clarke, 2020)

Nahmavis is genus of prehistoric birds that could be related to Gruiformes and Charadriiformes. It is known from the Early Eocene Green River Formation (Fossil Butte Member) of Wyoming. [1]

References

  1. Musser, G. & Clarke, J.A. (2020). "An Exceptionally Preserved Specimen From the Green River Formation Elucidates Complex Phenotypic Evolution in Gruiformes and Charadriiformes". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 8. Bibcode:2020FrEEv...859929M. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2020.559929 .