Vastanavis

Vastanavis is a genus of parrot-like bird that lived in what is now western India in the Early Eocene.[1]

Vastanavis
Temporal range: Early Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Vastanavidae
Genus: Vastanavis
Mayr et al., 2007
Species

Vastanavis cambayensis
(type)

Footnotes

  1. 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. doi:10.1080/02724631003617357. S2CID 85892953.


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