Aves - Gruiformes - Phorusrhacidae
Alternative combination: Patagornis bachmanni
Synonym: Phororhacos delicatus Amegino 1891
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 C. P. Tambussi et al. 2023
See also Alvarenga and Holfing 2003, Bertelli et al. 2007, Gould and Quitmyer 2005, Lambrecht 1933 and Moreno and Mercerat 1891
Sister taxa: Psilopterus colzecus, Psilopterus communis, Psilopterus intermedius, Psilopterus lemoinei, Pelecyornis minutus, Pelecyornis tenuirostris, Pelecyornis pueyrredonensis, Staphylornis erithaeus, Staphylornis princeps
Type specimens:
- Psilopterus bachmanni: Museo de La Plata, a limb element (tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is Santa Cruz Formation, which is in a Santacrucian terrestrial horizon in the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina.
- Phororhacos delicatus:
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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