Fissuravis

Fissuravis
Temporal range: Paleocene (Selandian)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Infraclass: Palaeognathae
Order: †Lithornithiformes
Family: †Lithornithidae
Genus: †Fissuravis
Mayr, 2007
Species:
†F. weigelti
Binomial name
†Fissuravis weigelti
Mayr, 2007

Fissuravis ("fissure bird") is a genus of extinct bird from the Paleocene of Germany. A lithornithid, it was closely related to modern ratites, but it was a capable flyer.[2]

Ecology

Hailing from the Walbeck Paleocene deposits, it is found amidst a rich avian fauna, which also included the gigantic Gastornis and the enigmatic ratite Remiornis.

Like most lithornithids, it was probably a very competent flyer, its coracoid remnants suggesting powerful flight musculature, and it likely engaged in a similar style of soaring flight to Lithornis and Pseudocrypturus.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Fissuravis in the Paleobiology Database
  2. 1 2 Mayr, Gerald (12 June 2007). "The birds from the Paleocene fissure filling of Walbeck (Germany)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27 (2): 394–408. Bibcode:2007JVPal..27..394M. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[394:TBFTPF]2.0.CO;2. eISSN 1937-2809. ISSN 0272-4634. JSTOR 30126307. S2CID 55464555.
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