Heterorhea

{{short description|Extinct genus of birds}}

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| fossil_range = Pliocene (Chapadmalalan)
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| taxon = Heterorhea

| authority = Rovereto 1914

| type_species = Heterorhea dabbenei

| type_species_authority = Rovereto 1914

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

  • H. dabbenei Rovereto 1914

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Heterorhea is an extinct genus of ratites in the rhea family. The type species is H. dabbenei.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=39284 Heterorhea] at Fossilworks.org from the Late Pliocene Monte Hermoso Formation, Buenos Aires, Argentina.Brodkorb, P. (1963) Catalogue of fossil birds Part 1 (Archaeopterygiformes through Ardeiformes). Bull. Florida State Mus., Biol. Sci., 7: 179-293. The holotype of the genus is missing.Tambussi & Degrange, 2012, p.77

References

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= Bibliography =

  • {{citation |last1=Tambussi |first1=Claudia P. |last2=Degrange |first2=Federico |year=2012 |title=South American and Antarctic Continental Cenozoic Birds: Paleobiogeographic Affinities and Disparities |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oQZAAAAAQBAJ&q=Heterorhea&pg=PA77 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |pages=1–113 |isbn=978-94-007-5467-6 |accessdate=2017-10-01}}

{{Palaeognathae|N.}}

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Category:Ratites

Category:Pliocene birds of South America

Category:Chapadmalalan

Category:Neogene Argentina

Category:Fossils of Argentina

Category:Fossil taxa described in 1914

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