Itaboravis

{{Short description|Extinct genus of birds}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|fossil_range = Early Eocene (Itaboraian)
~{{fossil range|53|50}}

|taxon = Itaboravis

|authority = Mayr et al. 2011

|image = Itaboravis.jpg

|image_caption = Coracoid and humerus

|type_species = †Itaboravis elaphrocnemoides

|type_species_authority = Mayr et al. 2011

}}

Itaboravis is an extinct genus of land birds uncovered from the Early Eocene Itaboraí Formation of São José do Itaboraí, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil.{{fossilworks|id=207705 |title=†Itaboravis Mayr et al. 2011 (bird) |access-date=3 February 2023}}{{cite journal|author=Gerald Mayr|author-link=G. Mayr|author2=H. Alvarenga|author2-link=Herculano Marcos Ferraz de Alvarenga|author3=J. Clarke|author3-link=J. Clarke (biologist)|name-list-style=amp|year=2011|title=An Elaphrocnemus−like landbird and other avian remains from the late Paleocene of Brazil|journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica|volume=56|issue=4|pages=679–684 |doi=10.4202/app.2010.0099|s2cid=54708898 |doi-access=free}} Based on analysis of a coracoid and two humeri it was tentatively assigned to Cariamae (=Cariamiformes), due to similarities with Elaphrocnemus, but some morphological similarities of the humerus to the palaeognathous family Tinamidae were also noted.

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