Vastanavis
Extinct genus of birds
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Vastanavis is a genus of parrot-like bird that lived in what is now western India in the Early Eocene. It contains two species, Vastanavis eocaena and Vastanavis cambayensis; both are known from the Cambay Formation.[1][2] Vastanavis was at least semi-zygodactyl, and most likely arboreal.[2]
| Vastanavis Temporal range: Early Eocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Family: | †Vastanavidae |
| Genus: | †Vastanavis Mayr et al., 2007 |
| Type species | |
| †Vastanavis eocaena Mayr et al., 2007 | |
| Other species | |
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