Aves - Rheiformes - Rheidae
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 Rhea according to F. P. Moreno and A. Mercerat 1891
Sister taxa: Rhea americana, Rhea fossilis, Rhea nana, Rhea pampeana, Rhea pennata, Rhea tarapacensis, Pterocnemia mesopotamica
Type specimen: Museo de La Plata. Its type locality is Laguna de Vitel, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in Argentina.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Laguna de Vitel
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