Tinamisornis Rovereto 1914 (tinamou)

Aves - Tinamiformes - Tinamidae

Full reference: C. Rovereto. 1914. Los Estratos Araucanos y sus fósiles. Anales del Museo de Historia Natural de Buenos Aire 25:1-247

Parent taxon: Tinamidae according to P. Brodkorb 1961

See also Lambrecht 1933 and Rovereto 1914

Sister taxa: Crypturellus, Eudromia, Nothocercus, Nothoprocta, Nothura, Rhynchotus, Roveretornis, Taoniscus, Tinamotis, Tinamus

Subtaxa: Tinamisornis intermedius Tinamisornis parvulus

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Ecology: volant granivore

Distribution: found only at Monte Hermoso (Pliocene of Argentina)

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