Tegulavis

Tegulavis
Temporal range:
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Genus: †
Mourer-Chauviré et al., 2024
Species:
†T. corbalani
Binomial name
†Tegulavis corbalani
Mourer-Chauviré et al., 2024

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

  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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