Lavocatavis Mourer-Chauvire et al. 2011 (bird)

Aves - Gruiformes

Full reference: C. Mourer-Chauvire, R. Tabuce, M. Mahboubi, M. Adaci, and M. Bensalah. 2011. A Phororhacoid bird from the Eocene of Africa. Naturwissenschaften 98:815-823

Parent taxon: Phororhacoidea according to C. Mourer-Chauvire et al. 2011

Sister taxon: Opisthodactylidae

Subtaxa: Lavocatavis africana

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Type: Lavocatavis africana

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Gour Lazib HGL51 (Eocene to Eocene of Algeria)

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