Calciavis
Name: Calciavis.
Phonetic: Cal-ve-a-vis.
Named By: Sterling L. Nesbitt & Julia
A. Clarke - 2016.
Classification: Chordata, Aves, Neornithes,
Paleognathae, Lithornithiformes, Lithornithidae.
Species: C. grandei (type).
Diet: Uncertain.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: USA, Wyoming - Green River
Formation.
Time period: Eocene.
Fossil representation: Almost complete, including
soft tissue impressions of skin and feathers.
Calciavis is a genus of bird that lived in North America during the Eocene. Calciavis likely foraged upon the ground, though the precise diet is still unknown at the time of writing.
Further reading
- The anatomy and taxonomy of the exquisitely preserved Green River
Formation (early Eocene) lithornithids (Aves) and the
relationships of Lithornithidae. - Bulletin of the American Museum
of Natural History, no. 406. - Sterling L. Nesbitt &
Julia A. Clarke - 2016.
- Estimating Flight Style of Early Eocene Stem Palaeognath Bird
Calciavis grandei (Lithornithidae). - The Anatomical
Record. -
Christopher R. Torres, Mark A.Norell & Julia A. Clarke - 2019.
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