Biology:Heterorhea
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Short description: Extinct genus of birds
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
| Order: | Rheiformes |
| Family: | Rheidae |
| Genus: | †Heterorhea Rovereto 1914 |
| Type species | |
| Heterorhea dabbenei Rovereto 1914
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Heterorhea is an extinct genus of ratites in the rhea family. The type species is H. dabbenei.[1] from the Late Pliocene Monte Hermoso Formation, Buenos Aires, Argentina .[2] The holotype of the genus is missing.[3]
References
- ↑ Heterorhea at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Brodkorb, P. (1963) Catalogue of fossil birds Part 1 (Archaeopterygiformes through Ardeiformes). Bull. Florida State Mus., Biol. Sci., 7: 179-293.
- ↑ Tambussi & Degrange, 2012, p.77
Bibliography
- Tambussi, Claudia P., and Federico Degrange. 2012. South American and Antarctic Continental Cenozoic Birds: Paleobiogeographic Affinities and Disparities, 1–113. Springer Science & Business Media. Accessed 2017-10-01.
Wikidata ☰ Q5747707 entry
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