Fluvioviridavis

Fluvioviridavis; Temporal range: Early Eocene
	Holotype specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Family:	†Fluvioviridavidae
Genus:	†Fluvioviridavis; Mayr & Daniels, 2001[1]
Species:	†F. platyrhamphus
Binomial name
	†Fluvioviridavis platyrhamphus; Mayr & Daniels, 2001

Fluvioviridavis is an extinct genus of bird from the Early Eocene Green River Formation of Wyoming.[2] There is only one known species, F. platyrhamphus.

Second known specimen

References

Mayr, G. & Daniels, M. 2001. "A new short-legged landbird from the early Eocene of Wyoming and contemporaneous European sites". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 46 (3): 393-402
Nesbitt, S. J.; Ksepka, D. T.; Clarke, J. A. (2011). Iwaniuk, Andrew (ed.). "Podargiform Affinities of the Enigmatic Fluvioviridavis platyrhamphus and the Early Diversification of Strisores ("Caprimulgiformes" + Apodiformes)". PLoS ONE. 6 (11): e26350. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0026350. PMC 3227577. PMID 22140427.

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[1] Mayr, G. & Daniels, M. 2001. "A new short-legged landbird from the early Eocene of Wyoming and contemporaneous European sites". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 46 (3): 393-402

[2] Nesbitt, S. J.; Ksepka, D. T.; Clarke, J. A. (2011). Iwaniuk, Andrew (ed.). "Podargiform Affinities of the Enigmatic Fluvioviridavis platyrhamphus and the Early Diversification of Strisores ("Caprimulgiformes" + Apodiformes)". PLoS ONE. 6 (11): e26350. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0026350. PMC 3227577. PMID 22140427.