Vastanavis

Vastanavis
Temporal range: Early Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Family: †Vastanavidae
Genus: †Vastanavis
Mayr et al., 2007
Type species
†Vastanavis eocaena
Mayr et al., 2007
Other species
  • †Vastanavis cambayensis
    Mayr et al., 2010

Vastanavis is a genus of parrot-like bird that lived in what is now western India in the Early Eocene. It contains two species, Vastanavis eocaena and Vastanavis cambayensis; both are known from the Cambay Formation.[1][2] Vastanavis was at least semi-zygodactyl, and most likely arboreal.[2]

References

  1. ^ Mayr, Gerald; Rana, Rajendra S.; Sahni, Ashok; Smith, Thierry (2007). "Oldest fossil avian remains from the Indian subcontinental plate". Current Science. 92 (9): 1266–1269. ISSN 0011-3891. JSTOR 24097894.
  2. ^ a b 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. Bibcode:2010JVPal..30..467M. doi:10.1080/02724631003617357. S2CID 85892953.


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