Rhea pampeana Moreno and Mercerat 1891 (rhea)

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 pennata, Rhea subpampeana, Rhea tarapacensis, Pterocnemia mesopotamica

Type specimen: Museo de La Plata. Its type locality is Olivera, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Olivera

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