Aves - Gruiformes - Phororhacosidae
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1889. Contribución al conocimiento de los mamíferos fósiles de la República Argentina [Contribution to the knowledge of the fossil mammals of the Argentine Republic]. Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina en Córdoba 6:xxxii-1027
Parent taxon: Cariamae according to C. Mourer-Chauviré 1981
See also Acosta Hospitaleche and Jones 2024, Acosta Hospitaleche and Tambussi 2005, Alvarenga and Holfing 2003, Ameghino 1889, Angst et al. 2013, Bertelli et al. 2007, Carroll 1988, Cracraft 1968, Gould and Quitmyer 2005, Lambrecht 1933, Livezey and Zusi 2007, Shockey et al. 2009 and Wetmore 1960
Sister taxa: Ameghinornithidae, Cariamides, Gradiornis, Idiornithidae, Itaboravis, Otides, Phororhacoidea, Phorusrhacidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Phororhacosidae in the database