Superfamily Cariamoidea (bird)

Aves - Gruiformes

Parent taxon: Cariamides according to B. C. Livezey and R. L. Zusi 2007

See also Wetmore 1960

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Bathornithidae Hermosiornithidae

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Argentina (1 collection)

• Montehermosan of Argentina (4)

• Miocene of Argentina (1)

• Arikareean of United States (1: Wyoming)

• Oligocene of United States (6: South Dakota)

• Eocene of United States (6: Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 19 collections including 21 occurrences

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