Aves - Rheiformes - Rheidae
Full reference: J. I. Noriega, E. A. Jordan, R. I. Vezzosi and J. I. Areta. 2017. A New Species of Opisthodactylus Ameghino, 1891 (Aves, Rheidae), from the Late Miocene of Northwestern Argentina, with Implications for the Paleobiogeography and Phylogeny of Rheas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37(1):e1278005
Belongs to Opisthodactylus according to J. I. Noriega et al. 2017
See also Tambussi et al. 2023
Sister taxa: Opisthodactylus horacioperezi, Opisthodactylus patagonicus
Type specimen: MUFYCA-647, a set of limb elements (right femur, both tibiotarsi and tar- sometatarsi, and six pedal phalanges (first phalanx of left digit II; first and second phalanges of left digit III; and fi). Its type locality is Santa Maria Valley Andalhuala Fm, which is in a Montehermosan/Chapadmalalan terrestrial horizon in the Andalhuala Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Argentina (1 collection)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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