Scandiavis

{{short description|Extinct genus of birds}}

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| fossil_range = Early Eocene

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| taxon = Scandiavis

| authority = Bertelli et al., 2013

| type_species = {{extinct}}Scandiavis mikkelseni

| type_species_authority = (Bertelli et al., 2013)

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Scandiavis is genus of prehistoric birds related to Charadriiformes. It is known from the Fur Formation (Early Eocene) of Denmark.{{Cite journal|author1=Sara Bertelli |author2=Bent E. K. Lindow |author3=Gareth J. Dyke |author4=Gerald Mayr |year=2013 |title=Another charadriiform-like bird from the lower Eocene of Denmark |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=47 |issue=11 |pages=1282–1301 |doi=10.1134/S0031030113110026 |bibcode=2013PalJ...47.1282B |s2cid=85141394 |hdl=11336/7192 |hdl-access=free }}{{Citation |mode=cs1 |last1=Musser |first1=G. |last2=Clarke |first2=J.A. |date=2020 |title=An Exceptionally Preserved Specimen From the Green River Formation Elucidates Complex Phenotypic Evolution in Gruiformes and Charadriiformes |journal=Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution |volume=8 |doi=10.3389/fevo.2020.559929 |name-list-style=amp |doi-access=free }}

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Category:Prehistoric bird genera

Category:Charadriiformes

Category:Eocene birds

Category:Prehistoric birds of Europe

Category:Fossil taxa described in 2013

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