Procariama

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Procariama Temporal range: Late Miocene-Early Pliocene (Huayquerian-Montehermosan) 6.8–4 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Cariamiformes
Family:	†Phorusrhacidae
Subfamily:	†Psilopterinae
Genus:	†Procariama Rovereto, 1914
Species:	†P. simplex
Binomial name
†Procariama simplex Rovereto, 1914

Procariama is an extinct monotypic genus of giant flightless predatory birds, reaching about 70 centimetres (2.3 ft) in height and 10 kilograms (22 lb) in body mass,^[1] in the family Phorusrhacidae or "terror birds" which lived in Argentina.^[2] Fossils have been found in the Cerro Azul and .^[3]

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Bibliography[]

• Alvarenga, Herculano M.F., and Elizabeth Höfling. 2003. Systematic revision of the Phorusrhacidae (Aves: Ralliformes). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 43. 55–91. Accessed 2017-10-01.
• Vezzosi, Raúl Ignacio. 2012. First record of Procariama simplex Rovereto, 1914 (Phorusrhacidae, Psilopterinae) in the Cerro Azul Formation (upper Miocene) of La Pampa Province; remarks on its anatomy, palaeogeography and chronological range. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 36. 157–169. Accessed 2017-10-01.

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