Patagorhacos Agnolin and Chafrat 2015 (terror bird)

Aves - Gruiformes - Phorusrhacidae

Full reference: F. L. Agnolin and P. Chafrat. 2015. New fossil bird remains from the Chichinales Formation (Early Miocene) of northern Patagonia, Argentina. Annales de Paléontologie 101:87-94

Parent taxon: Phorusrhacidae according to F. L. Agnolin and P. Chafrat 2015

See also Tambussi et al. 2023

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Patagorhacos terrificus

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Paso Córdoba (Miocene of Argentina)

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