Vastanavis

Vastanavis
Temporal range: Early Eocene
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Vastanavidae
Genus: Vastanavis
Species

Vastanavis cambayensis
(type)

Vastanavis is a genus of parrot-like bird that lived in what is now western India in the Early Eocene.[1]

Footnotes

  1. Mayr, G.; Rana, R.; Rose, K.; Sahni, A.; Kumar, K.; Singh, L.; Smith, Th. (2010). "Quercypsitta-like Birds from the Early Eocene of India (Aves, ? Psittaciformes)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (2): 467–478. doi:10.1080/02724631003617357.


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