Waltonavis
| Waltonavis Temporal range: early Eocene, | |
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| Fossil material of Waltonavis spp. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Coraciimorphae |
| Clade: | Cavitaves |
| Order: | Leptosomiformes (?) |
| Genus: | †Waltonavis Mayr & Kitchener, 2022 |
| Type species | |
| †Waltonavis paraleptosomus Mayr & Kitchener, 2022 | |
| Other species | |
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Waltonavis (meaning "Walton bird") is an extinct genus of potentially leptosomiform bird from the Early Eocene London Clay Formation of Essex, United Kingdom. The genus contains two species: W. paraleptosomus and W. danielsi, both known from partial skeletons.