Heterorhea
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| Heterorhea | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
| Order: | Rheiformes |
| Family: | Rheidae |
| Genus: | †Heterorhea Rovereto 1914 |
| Type species | |
| Heterorhea dabbenei Rovereto 1914
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| 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
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