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Namibiavis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Opisthocomidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Opisthocomidae

Class
  
Aves

Species
  
†N. senutae

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Opisthocomidae, Hoatzin, Cariamiformes, Neoaves, Seriema

Namibiavis is an extinct genus of early hoatzin from early Middle Miocene (about 16 mya) deposits of Namibia. It was collected from Arrisdrift, southern Namibia. It was first named by Cécile Mourer-Chauviré in 2003 and the type species is Namibiavis senutae.

References

Namibiavis Wikipedia