Opisthodactylus | |
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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 |
Species | |
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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]
Opisthodactylus | |
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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 |
Species | |
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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]