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Lavocatavis
Temporal range: Eocene 52–46 Ma
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Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Genus:
†Lavocatavis Mourer-Chauviré et al., 2011
Species:
†L. africana
Binomial name
†Lavocatavis africana
Mourer-Chauviré et al., 2011
Lavocatavis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bird from the Eocene of Algeria. A fossilized femur was described from the Glib Zegdou Formation in 2011 and is the only known specimen of Lavocatavis. The species was designated L. africana.[1]
^Cécile Mourer-Chauviré; Rodolphe Tabuce; M’hammed Mahboubi; Mohammed Adaci; Mustapha Bensalah (2011). "A phororhacoid bird from the Eocene of Africa". Naturwissenschaften. 98 (10): 815–823. Bibcode:2011NW.....98..815M. doi:10.1007/s00114-011-0829-5. PMID 21874523. S2CID 19805809.
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