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Opisthodactylus
Temporal range: Early-Late Miocene ( Colhuehuapian- Montehermosan)
~20–3  Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Infraclass: Palaeognathae
Order: Rheiformes
Family: Rheidae
Genus: Opisthodactylus
Ameghino 1891
Species
  • O. patagonicus Ameghino 1891 ( type)
  • O. horacioperezi Agnolin & Chafrat 2015
  • O. kirchneri Noriega et al. 2017

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

  1. ^ Opisthodactylus at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ 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. Bibcode: 2015AnPal.101...87A. doi: 10.1016/j.annpal.2015.02.001.

Further reading

  • The Origin and Evolution of Birds by Alan Feduccia


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Opisthodactylus
Temporal range: Early-Late Miocene ( Colhuehuapian- Montehermosan)
~20–3  Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Infraclass: Palaeognathae
Order: Rheiformes
Family: Rheidae
Genus: Opisthodactylus
Ameghino 1891
Species
  • O. patagonicus Ameghino 1891 ( type)
  • O. horacioperezi Agnolin & Chafrat 2015
  • O. kirchneri Noriega et al. 2017

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

  1. ^ Opisthodactylus at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ 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. Bibcode: 2015AnPal.101...87A. doi: 10.1016/j.annpal.2015.02.001.

Further reading

  • The Origin and Evolution of Birds by Alan Feduccia



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