Heterorhea

Heterorhea Temporal range: Pliocene (Chapadmalalan) ~4–3 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Infraclass:	Palaeognathae
Order:	Rheiformes
Family:	Rheidae
Genus:	†Heterorhea Rovereto 1914
Type species
Heterorhea dabbenei Rovereto 1914
Species
H. dabbenei Rovereto 1914

Heterorhea is an extinct genus of ratites in the rhea family. The type species is H. dabbenei.[1] from the Late Pliocene Monte Hermoso Formation, Buenos Aires, Argentina.[2] The holotype of the genus is missing.[3]

References

1. Heterorhea at Fossilworks.org
2. Brodkorb, P. (1963) Catalogue of fossil birds Part 1 (Archaeopterygiformes through Ardeiformes). Bull. Florida State Mus., Biol. Sci., 7: 179-293.
3. Tambussi & Degrange, 2012, p.77

Bibliography

• Tambussi, Claudia P.; Degrange, Federico (2012), South American and Antarctic Continental Cenozoic Birds: Paleobiogeographic Affinities and Disparities, Springer Science & Business Media, pp. 1–113, ISBN 978-94-007-5467-6, retrieved 2017-10-01