Namibiavis
Extinct genus of birds
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Namibiavis is an extinct genus of bird related to the hoatzin[1] 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.[2]
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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 | |
