Heterorhea

Heterorhea
Temporal range: Pliocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Rheiformes
Family: Rheidae
Genus: Heterorhea
Rovereto, 1914

Heterorhea is an extinct genus of ratite in the rhea family, from the Upper Pliocene of Monte Hermoso Formation, Buenos Aires, Argentina.[1]

References

  1. Brodkorb, P. (1963) Catalogue of fossil birds Part 1 (Archaeopterygiformes through Ardeiformes). Bull. Florida State Mus., Biol. Sci., 7: 179-293.


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