Phylum Chordata Order Opisthocomidae | Class Aves Species †H. lacustris Rank Genus | |
Similar Opisthocomidae, Hoatzin, Seriema, Cuculiformes | ||
Hoazinavis is an extinct genus of early hoatzin from Late Oligocene and Early Miocene (about 24–22 mya) deposits of Brazil. It was collected in 2008 from the Tremembé Formation of São Paulo, Brazil. It was first named by Gerald Mayr, Herculano Alvarenga and Cécile Mourer-Chauviré in 2011 and the type species is Hoazinavis lacustris.
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