Aves - Tinamiformes - Tinamidae

Full reference: R. M. Chandler. 2012. A new species of Tinamou (Aves: Tinamiformes, Tinamidae) from the Early-Middle Miocene of Argentina. Palarch’s Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology 9(2):1-8

Belongs to Crypturellus according to R. M. Chandler 2012

See also Tambussi et al. 2023

Sister taxa: Crypturellus atrocapillus, Crypturellus bartletti, Crypturellus berlepschi, Crypturellus boucardi, Crypturellus brevirostris, Crypturellus casiquiare, Crypturellus cinereus, Crypturellus cinnamomeus, Crypturellus duidae, Crypturellus erythropus, Crypturellus kerriae, Crypturellus noctivagus, Crypturellus obsoletus, Crypturellus occidentalis, Crypturellus parvirostris, Crypturellus ptaritepui, Crypturellus soui, Crypturellus strigulosus, Crypturellus tataupa, Crypturellus transfasciatus, Crypturellus undulatus, Crypturellus variegatus

Type specimen: AMNH:FAM 9151, a limb element (left humerus). Its type locality is Wash of Cañadón de Las Vacas, which is in a Santacrucian terrestrial horizon in the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: volant granivore

Distribution: found only at Wash of Cañadón de Las Vacas

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