Hinasuri
Hinasuri Temporal range: Montehermosan
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
Order: | Rheiformes |
Family: | Rheidae |
Genus: | †Hinasuri 1995 |
Type species | |
Hinasuri nehuensis 1995
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Species | |
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Hinasuri is an extinct genus of rhea from the Montehermosan. Its fossils have been found in the of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The type species is H. nehuensis. Hinasuri was a robust rheid bird, living at a time of increasingly extreme temperatures and decreased precipitation in the Pampean region during the Pliocene–Pleistocene.[1]
References[]
- ^ Picasso & Clelia Mosto, 2016
Bibliography[]
- New insights about Hinasuri nehuensis (Aves, Rheidae,Palaeognathae) from the early Pliocene of Argentina. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 40. 1–7. Accessed 2019-03-07. , and . 2016.
Further reading[]
- The Origin and Evolution of Birds by Alan Feduccia
Categories:
- Ratites
- Pliocene birds of South America
- Montehermosan
- Neogene Argentina
- Fossils of Argentina
- Fossil taxa described in 1995
- Prehistoric bird stubs