Protoazin
Extinct genus of birds
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Protoazin is an extinct genus of bird related to the hoatzin[1] from late Eocene (about 36 mya) deposits of France.
| Protoazin Temporal range: Late Eocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Opisthocomiformes |
| Family: | Opisthocomidae |
| Genus: | †Protoazin Mayr & De Pietri 2014 |
| Species: | †P. parisiensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Protoazin parisiensis Mayr & De Pietri, 2014 | |
