Lavocatavis

Taxonavigation

Ordo: incerti ordinis
Familia: †Phorusrhacidae
Genus: †Lavocatavis
Species: †L. africana

Name

Lavocatavis Mourer-Chauviré et al., 2011

Etymology

Lavocat: René Lavocat "who first reported these fossiliferous outcrops" [Mourer-Chauviré et al., 2011: 816]

avis: (Latin) "bird" [Mourer-Chauviré et al., 2011: 816]

References

Primary references

• Mourer-Chauviré, C., Tabuce, R., Mahboubi, M., Adaci, M. & Bensalah, M. 2011. A Phororhacoid bird from the Eocene of Africa. Naturwissenschaften 98: 815–823. DOI: 10.1007/s00114-011-0829-5 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Additional references

• Angst, D. & Buffetaut, E. 2017. Palaeobiology of Giant Flightless Birds. Elsevier: Amsterdam. ISBN 978-1-78548-136-9. DOI: 10.1016/C2015-0-06179-2 Reference page.