†Protoazin Mayr and De Pietri 2014 (bird)
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Aves - Opisthocomiformes - Opisthocomidae
Full reference: G. Mayr and V. L. De Pietri. 2014. Earliest and first Northern Hemispheric hoatzin fossils substantiate Old World origin of a "Neotropic endemic". Naturwissenschaften 101:143-148
Parent taxon: Opisthocomidae according to G. Mayr and V. L. De Pietri 2014
Sister taxa: Hoazinavis, Hoazinoides, Namibiavis, Opisthocomus
Subtaxa: Protoazin parisiensis
Ecology: volant folivore
Distribution: found only at Romainville, marnes blanches supragypseuses, MP20 (Eocene of France)
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