Patagorhacos terrificus 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

Belongs to Patagorhacos according to F. L. Agnolin and P. Chafrat 2015

See also Tambussi et al. 2023

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MPCN-PV-377 (distal end of right quadrate). Its type locality is Paso Córdoba, which is in a Colhuehuapian terrestrial volcaniclastic/conglomerate in the Chichinales Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Paso Córdoba

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