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n. - Genus of crested South American bird; the hoatzins.

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  • Furthermore, the name Opisthocomus cristatus, used by some authors relatively recently (e.g.,
  • Phylogenetic relationships of the enigmatic hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) resolved using mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences.
  • Hoazinoides from the Miocene of Colombia, known from a partial skull, seems to have been very similar to Opisthocomus while Onychopteryx from the Eocene of Argentina is...
  • Opisthocomus hoazin, also shares with Archaeopteryx clawed digits in its wings, albeit as juveniles).
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