Aves - Gruiformes - Phorusrhacidae

Alternative combination: Pelecyornis communis

Full reference: F. P. Moreno and A. Mercerat. 1891. Catálogo de los pájaros fósiles de la República Argentina conservados en el Museo de La Plata [Catalogue of the fossil birds from the Argentine Republic housed in the Museo de La Plata]. Anales del Museo de La Plata. Paleontología Argentina 1:7-71

Belongs to Psilopterus according to F. P. Moreno and A. Mercerat 1891

See also Alvarenga and Holfing 2003 and Lambrecht 1933

Sister taxa: Psilopterus bachmanni, Psilopterus colzecus, Psilopterus intermedius, Psilopterus lemoinei, Pelecyornis pueyrredonensis, Pelecyornis tenuirostris, Pelecyornis minutus, Staphylornis princeps, Staphylornis erithaeus

Type specimen: Museo de La Plata, a limb element. Its type locality is Santa Cruz Formation, which is in a Santacrucian terrestrial horizon in the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Santa Cruz Formation

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