Heterorhea
| Heterorhea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
| Order: | Rheiformes |
| Family: | Rheidae |
| Genus: | †Heterorhea Rovereto 1914 |
| Type species | |
| Heterorhea dabbenei Rovereto 1914 | |
| Species | |
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Heterorhea is an extinct genus of ratites in the rhea family. The type species is H. dabbenei.[1] from the Late Pliocene Monte Hermoso Formation, Buenos Aires, Argentina.[2] The holotype of the genus is missing.[3]
References
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- ↑ Heterorhea at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Brodkorb, P. (1963) Catalogue of fossil birds Part 1 (Archaeopterygiformes through Ardeiformes). Bull. Florida State Mus., Biol. Sci., 7: 179-293.
- ↑ Tambussi & Degrange, 2012, p.77
Bibliography
[edit]- Tambussi, Claudia P.; Degrange, Federico (2012), South American and Antarctic Continental Cenozoic Birds: Paleobiogeographic Affinities and Disparities, Springer Science & Business Media, pp. 1–113, ISBN 978-94-007-5467-6, retrieved 2017-10-01
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