Aves - Gruiformes - Phorusrhacidae

Alternative combination: Physornis brasiliensis

Full reference: H. M. F. Alvarenga. 1982. Uma gigantesca ave fóssil do Cenozóico Brasileiro: Physornis brasiliensis sp. n. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 54:697-712

Belongs to Paraphysornis according to G. C. Gould and I. R. Quitmyer 2005

See also Alvarenga 1982, Alvarenga 1993 and Alvarenga and Holfing 2003

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: DGM 1418-R, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Bairro do Padre Eterno (DGM collection), which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in the Tremembé Formation of Brazil.

Distribution: found only at Bairro do Padre Eterno (DGM collection)

Show more details

Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.