Vastanavis
| Vastanavis Temporal range: Early Eocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Family: | †Vastanavidae |
| Genus: | †Vastanavis Mayr et al., 2007 |
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| †Vastanavis eocaena Mayr et al., 2007
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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]
References
[edit]- ^ Mayr, Gerald; Rana, Rajendra S.; Sahni, Ashok; Smith, Thierry (2007). "Oldest fossil avian remains from the Indian subcontinental plate". Current Science. 92 (9): 1266–1269. ISSN 0011-3891. JSTOR 24097894.
- ^ a b 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. Bibcode:2010JVPal..30..467M. doi:10.1080/02724631003617357. S2CID 85892953.
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