Aves - Rheiformes - Rheidae

Full reference: H.M.F. Alvarenga. 1983. Uma ave ratitae do Paleoceno Brasileiro: bacia calcária de Itaboraí, Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Boletim Do Museu Nacional. Geologia 41:1-8

Belongs to Diogenornis according to G. Mayr 2009

See also Alvarenga 1983 and Houde 1988

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is 700 m east of São José (Itaborai Basin), which is in an Eocene terrestrial carbonate in Brazil

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at 700 m east of São José (Itaborai Basin)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.