Devincenzia
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Cariamiformes |
Family: | †Phorusrhacidae |
Subfamily: | †Phorusrhacinae |
Genus: | †Devincenzia Kraglievich, 1932 |
Type species | |
Devincenzia pozzi Kraglievich, 1931
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Devincenzia is an extinct genus of giant flightless predatory birds in the family Phorusrhacidae or "terror birds" that lived during the Early Miocene (Deseadan) of Uruguay and Late Miocene (Huayquerian) Ituzaingó Formation to Early Pliocene (Montehermosan) of Argentina. The type species D. pozzi was formerly known as Onactornis pozzi. A second species D. gallinali has been described.[1] It stood about 2.5 metres (8.2 ft) tall.
Etymology[]
The genus is named after .[2]
References[]
- ^ Devincenzia at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Klappenbach & Phillippi, 1986, p.4
Bibliography[]
- Garibaldi J. Devincenzi - Breve nota biográfica y lista de sus publicaciones. 39. 1–8. Accessed 2017-10-01. , and . 1986.
Further reading[]
- La posición sistemática de Hermosiornis (Aves, Phororhacoidea) y sus implicancias filogenéticas. Revista Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales 15. 39–60. Accessed 2017-10-01. . 2013.
- Posición sistemática de algunos aves fororracoideas (Ralliformes: Cariamae) Argentinas. Revista Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales 8. 27–33. Accessed 2017-10-01. . 2006.
- Systematic revision of the Phorusrhacidae (Aves: Ralliformes). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 43. 55–91. Accessed 2017-10-01. , and . 2003.
- Nuevos aportes sobre la paleobiología de los Fororrácidos (Aves: Phorusrhacidae) basados en el análisis de estructuras biológicas (PhD thesis), 1–213. PEDECIBA. Accessed 2017-10-01. . 2010.
- Primer hallazgo de Rhea sp. fósil en el Uruguay (Aves: Struthioniformes: Rheidae). II. 65–68. Accessed 2017-10-01. , and . 1993.
- Lista de los vertebrados fósiles del Uruguay. I. 23–37. Accessed 2017-10-01. . 1972.
- El registro paleontológico de las Aves del "Mesopotamiense" (Formación Ituzaingó; Mioceno tardío- Plioceno) de la provincia de Entre Ríos, Argentina. Temas de la Biodiversidad del Litoral III 17. 271–290. Accessed 2017-10-01. , and . 2008.
External links[]
Categories:
- Phorusrhacidae
- Extinct flightless birds
- Miocene birds of South America
- Pliocene birds of South America
- Deseadan
- Montehermosan
- Neogene Argentina
- Fossils of Argentina
- Ituzaingó Formation
- Neogene Uruguay
- Fossils of Uruguay
- Paraná Basin
- Fossil taxa described in 1932
- Prehistoric bird stubs