Aratinga vorohuensis

Aratinga vorohuensis; Temporal range: Late Pliocene (Uquian); ~3–2.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Family:	Psittacidae
Genus:	Aratinga
Species:	A. vorohuensis
Binomial name
	Aratinga vorohuensis; (Tonni & Noriega 1996)
Synonyms
	Nandayus vorohuensis

Aratinga vorohuensis is a prehistoric relative of the nanday parakeet described from Late Pliocene fossils found in and named after the of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.^[1]

References[]

^ Eduardo P. Tonni & Jorge I. Noriega (1996). "Una nueva especie de Nandayus Bonaparte, 1854 (Aves: Psittaciformes) del Pliocene tardío de Argentina" [A new species of Nandayus Bonaparte (Aves: Psittaciformes) from the Late Pliocene of Argentina] (PDF). Revista Chilena de Historia Natural (in Spanish). 69: 97–104.

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