Devincenzia
Devincenzia Temporal range: Late Miocene - Early Pliocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Cariamiformes |
Family: | Phorusrhacidae |
Genus: | Devincenzia Kraglievich, 1932 |
Species: | D. pozzi |
Binomial name | |
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.