Namibiavis Explained

Namibiavis is an extinct genus of early 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]

Notes and References

  1. . Herculano Alvarenga . Cécile Mourer-Chauviré . 2011 . Out of Africa: Fossils shed light on the origin of the hoatzin, an iconic Neotropic bird . Naturwissenschaften . 98 . 11. 961–6. 10.1007/s00114-011-0849-1 . 21964974. 2011NW.....98..961M . 24210185 .
  2. Cécile Mourer-Chauviré . 2003 . Birds (Aves) from the Middle Miocene of Arrisdrift (Namibia). Preliminary study with description of two new genera: Amanuensis (Accipitriformes, Sagittariidae) and Namibiavis (Gruiformes, Idiornithidae) . Geological Survey of Namibia, Memoir . 19 . 103–113 .

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