Extinct genus of birds
Hinasuri is an extinct genus of rhea from the Montehermosan. Its fossils have been found in the Monte Hermoso Formation of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The type species is H. nehuensis. Hinasuri was a robust rheid bird, living at a time of increasingly extreme temperatures and decreased precipitation in the Pampean region during the Pliocene–Pleistocene.[1]
References
- ^ Picasso & Clelia Mosto, 2016
Bibliography
- Picasso, Mariana B.J.; Clelia Mosto, María (2016), "New insights about Hinasuri nehuensis (Aves, Rheidae, Palaeognathae) from the early Pliocene of Argentina", Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, 40 (2): 1–7, Bibcode:2016Alch...40..244P, doi:10.1080/03115518.2016.1122961, hdl:11336/54868, retrieved 2019-03-07
Further reading
- The Origin and Evolution of Birds by Alan Feduccia
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