Cyrilavis

Cyrilavis
Temporal range: Early Eocene,
Skull of C. colburnorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Family: Halcyornithidae
Genus: Cyrilavis
Martin, 2010
Type species
Primobucco olsoni
(Feduccia & Martin, 1976)

Cyrilavis is an extinct genus of halcyornithid bird from the Early Eocene Fossil Butte Member of the Green River Formation, United States. The genus contains two species, Cyrilavis olsoni and Cyrilavis colburnorum.[1]

  1. ^ Ksepka, Daniel T.; Clarke, Julia A.; Grande, Lance (2011). "Stem Parrots (Aves, Halcyornithidae) from the Green River Formation and a Combined Phylogeny of Pan-Psittaciformes". Journal of Paleontology. 85 (5): 835–852. Bibcode:2011JPal...85..835K. doi:10.1666/10-108.1. ISSN 0022-3360.

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