Tegulavis

Tegulavis; Temporal range: Ypresian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Galliformes
Genus:	† Tegulavis ; Mourer-Chauviré et al., 2024
Species:	†T. corbalani
Binomial name
	†Tegulavis corbalani; Mourer-Chauviré et al., 2024

Last updated August 26, 2025

Tegulavis is an extinct genus of bird that lived in the Ypresian. It is currently known only from a right coracoid which resembles stem group Galliformes, but cannot be more precisely placed.^[1]

Distribution

Tegulavis corbalani is known from the site of La Borie in France.

References

↑ Mourer-Chauviré, Cécile; Bourdon, Estelle; Duffaud, Sylvain; Le Roux, Guy; Laurent, Yves (April 2024). "New avian remains from the early Eocene of La Borie, southern France" . Geobios . 83: 61–84. doi: 10.1016/j.geobios.2022.10.004 . Retrieved 26 February 2025– via Elsevier Science Direct.

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[1] Mourer-Chauviré, Cécile; Bourdon, Estelle; Duffaud, Sylvain; Le Roux, Guy; Laurent, Yves (April 2024). "New avian remains from the early Eocene of La Borie, southern France" . Geobios . 83: 61–84. doi: 10.1016/j.geobios.2022.10.004 . Retrieved 26 February 2025– via Elsevier Science Direct.

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