Biology:Opisthodactylus
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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: | †Opisthodactylus Ameghino 1891 |
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Opisthodactylus is an extinct genus of rhea from the Early to Middle Miocene Santa Cruz and Chichinales Formations and the Late Miocene (Montehermosan) Andalhuala Formation of Argentina . Three species are described: the type species, O. patagonicus, O. kirchneri and O. horacioperezi. The species O. kirchneri was described in 2017 by Noriega et al.[1] Fossils of O. horacioperezi were found together with fossils of Patagorhacos terrificus.[2]
References
- ↑ Opisthodactylus at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Federico L. Agnolin and Pablo Chafrat (2015). "New fossil bird remains from the Chichinales Formation (Early Miocene) of northern Patagonia, Argentina". Annales de Paléontologie 101 (2): 87–94. doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2015.02.001. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273206896.
Further reading
- The Origin and Evolution of Birds by Alan Feduccia
Wikidata ☰ Q7098303 entry
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