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Namibiavis

Namibiavis
Temporal range: 16 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Opisthocomiformes
Family: Opisthocomidae
Genus: Namibiavis
Mourer-Chauviré, 2003
Species: N. senutae
Binomial name
Namibiavis senutae
Mourer-Chauviré, 2003

Namibiavis is an extinct genus of early hoatzin from early Middle Miocene (about 16 mya) deposits of Namibia. It was collected from Arrisdrift, southern Namibia. It was first named by Cécile Mourer-Chauviré in 2003 and the type species is Namibiavis senutae.



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