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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Genus: | †Tegulavis Mourer-Chauviré et al., 2024 |
| Species: | †T. corbalani |
| Binomial name | |
| †Tegulavis corbalani Mourer-Chauviré et al., 2024 | |
Tegulavis is an extinct genus of bird that lived in the Ypresian. It is currently known only from a right coracoid which resembles stem group Galliformes, but cannot be more precisely placed.[1]
Distribution
Tegulavis corbalani is known from the site of La Borie in France.
References
- ↑ Mourer-Chauviré, Cécile; Bourdon, Estelle; Duffaud, Sylvain; Le Roux, Guy; Laurent, Yves (April 2024). "New avian remains from the early Eocene of La Borie, southern France". Geobios. 83: 61–84. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2022.10.004. Retrieved 26 February 2025 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
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