Biology:Hinasuri
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Short description: Extinct genus of birds
| Hinasuri Temporal range: Montehermosan
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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: | †Hinasuri Tambussi 1995 |
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| Hinasuri nehuensis Tambussi 1995
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Hinasuri is an extinct genus of rhea from the Montehermosan. Its fossils have been found in the Monte Hermoso Formation 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
- Picasso, Mariana B.J., and María Clelia Mosto. 2016. 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.
Further reading
- The Origin and Evolution of Birds by Alan Feduccia
Wikidata ☰ Q5765651 entry
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