Devincenzia
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| Devincenzia Temporal range: Late Miocene - Early Pliocene | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cariamiformes |
| Family: | Phorusrhacidae |
| Genus: | Devincenzia Kraglievich, 1932 |
| Species: | D. pozzi |
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| Devincenzia pozzi Kraglievich, 1932 | |
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Devincenzia is an extinct genus of giant flightless predatory birds of the family Phorusrhacidae or "terror birds" that lived from 7 until 5 million years ago in Argentina and Uruguay during the late Miocene and early Pliocene. D. pozzi was formerly known as Onactornis pozzi. It stood about 2.5 metres tall.
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