Extinct genus of birds
Paludiavis genus of extinct waterbirds in the Balaenicipitidae family . It was described from fossil tarsometatarsus pieces, one found in the Upper Miocene series of the Shivalik Formation in northern Pakistan and the other, a 1972 find that is also from the Upper Miocence, of Tunisia , referred by Colin Harrison and Cyril Walker to the same genus.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] Paludavis richae .[ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
References
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