Waltonavis

Waltonavis
Temporal range: early Eocene,
54.6–55 Ma
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Fossil material of Waltonavis spp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Coraciimorphae
Clade: Cavitaves
Order: Leptosomiformes (?)
Genus: †Waltonavis
Mayr & Kitchener, 2022
Type species
†Waltonavis paraleptosomus
Mayr & Kitchener, 2022
Other species
  • †W. danielsi Mayr & Kitchener, 2022

Waltonavis (meaning "Walton bird") is an extinct genus of potentially leptosomiform bird from the Early Eocene London Clay Formation of Essex, United Kingdom. The genus contains two species: W. paraleptosomus and W. danielsi, both known from partial skeletons.[1]

  1. ^ Mayr, Gerald; Kitchener, Andrew C. (2022-11-30). "New species from the early Eocene London Clay suggest an undetected early Eocene diversity of the Leptosomiformes, an avian clade that includes a living fossil from Madagascar". Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 103 (3): 585–608. doi:10.1007/s12549-022-00560-0. ISSN 1867-1594. S2CID 254333827.