Fissuravis Temporal range: Paleocene
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
Order: | †Lithornithiformes |
Family: | †Lithornithidae |
Genus: | †Fissuravis (Gerald Mayr, 2007)[1] |
Species | |
†Fissuravis weigelti |
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.[1]