Itaboravis
Temporal range: Early Eocene (Itaboraian)
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Coracoid and humerus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cariamae
Genus: Itaboravis
Mayr et al. 2011
Type species
Itaboravis elaphrocnemoides
Mayr et al. 2011

Itaboravis is an extinct genus of land birds uncovered from the Early Eocene Itaboraí Formation of São José do Itaboraí, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil.[1][2] Based on analysis of a coracoid and two humeri it was tentatively assigned to Cariamae (=Cariamiformes), due to similarities with Elaphrocnemus, but some morphological similarities of the humerus to the palaeognathous family Tinamidae were also noted.[2]

References

  1. "†Itaboravis Mayr et al. 2011 (bird)". Fossilworks. Retrieved 3 February 2023 from the Paleobiology Database.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  2. 1 2 Gerald Mayr; H. Alvarenga & J. Clarke (2011). "An Elaphrocnemus−like landbird and other avian remains from the late Paleocene of Brazil". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 56 (4): 679–684. doi:10.4202/app.2010.0099. S2CID 54708898.


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