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

Parent taxon: Rheidae according to G. Mayr 2009

See also Alvarenga 1983, Carroll 1988 and Houde 1988

Sister taxa: Heterorhea, Hinasuri, Opisthodactylus, Protorhea, Rhea

Subtaxa: Diogenornis fragilis

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Type: Diogenornis fragilis

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

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

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