Biology:Rheidae
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Short description: Family of birds
| Rheids | |
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| Greater rhea, Rhea americana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
| Clade: | Notopalaeognathae |
| Order: | Rheiformes |
| Family: | Rheidae Bonaparte, 1853[1] |
| Type species | |
| Rhea americana | |
| Genus | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Rheidae /ˈriːɪdiː/ is a family of flightless ratite birds which first appeared in the Paleocene.[2] It is today represented by the sole living genus Rhea, but also contains several extinct genera.[3]
Taxonomy
Order Rheiformes (Forbes, 1884) Furbringer, 1888 [Rheimorphae Bonaparte, 1849; Rheae Forbes 1884][4][5][6][7][8]
- Family †Opisthodactylidae Ameghino 1895
- Genus ?†Diogenornis de Alvarenga 1983 (Late Paleocene) – possibly a member of Casuariiformes instead.[9]
- Genus †Opisthodactylus Ameghino 1895 (Miocene) – rheid?
- Family Rheidae (Bonaparte 1849) Bonaparte, 1853
- Genus †Heterorhea Rovereto 1914 (Pliocene)
- Genus †Hinasuri Tambussi 1995
- Genus Rhea Brisson 1760
References
- ↑ Brands, Sheila (August 14, 2008). "Systema Naturae 2000 / Classification, Family Rheidae". Project: The Taxonomicon. http://www.taxonomy.nl/Main/Classification/51252.htm.
- ↑ Agnolin, Federico L. (July 2016). "Unexpected diversity of ratites (Aves, Palaeognathae) in the early Cenozoic of South America: Palaeobiogeographical implications". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 41 (1): 101–111. doi:10.1080/03115518.2016.1184898. ISSN 0311-5518.
- ↑ Mayr, G. (2009). Paleogene fossil birds. Springer.
- ↑ Haaramo, Mikko (2007). "Paleognathia - paleognathous modern birds". http://www.helsinki.fi/~mhaaramo/metazoa/deuterostoma/chordata/archosauria/aves/palaeognathia/paleognathia_1.html.
- ↑ "Taxonomic lists - Aves". http://www.paleofile.com/.
- ↑ "Part 7 - Vertebrates". http://mave.tweakdsl.nl/tn/genera7.html.
- ↑ Çınar, Ümüt (November 2015). "01 → Pᴀʟᴇᴏɢɴᴀᴛʜᴀᴇ : Sᴛʀᴜᴛʜɪᴏɴɪfᴏʀᴍᴇs, Rʜᴇɪfᴏʀᴍᴇs, Cᴀsᴜᴀʀɪɪfᴏʀᴍᴇs, Aᴘᴛᴇʀʏɢɪfᴏʀᴍᴇs, Aᴇᴘʏᴏʀɴɪᴛʜɪfᴏʀᴍᴇs, Dɪɴᴏʀɴɪᴛʜɪfᴏʀᴍᴇs, Lɪᴛʜᴏʀɴɪᴛʜɪfᴏʀᴍᴇs, Tɪɴᴀᴍɪfᴏʀᴍᴇs & Rᴇfᴇʀᴇɴᴄᴇs". http://kmoksy.com/zobot/birds_English.html.
- ↑ Brodkob, Pierce (1963). "1- Archaeopterygiformes through Ardeiformes". Biological sciences. Catalogue of fossil birds (Bulletin of the Florida State Museum) 7 (4): 180–293. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00001514/00001. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ↑ Alvarenga, H. (2010). Diogenornis fragilis (Alvarenga, 1985) restudied: a South American ratite closely related to Casuariidae (Thesis).[full citation needed]
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