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Rhea americana (greater rhea)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Rheidae

Taxonomy
Struthio americanus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Rhea americana by del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017) and Tambussi et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Struthio americanus Linnaeus p. 155
2014Rhea americana del Hoyo et al.
2017Rhea americana Clements et al.
2023Rhea americana Tambussi et al. p. 265

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
orderTheropoda
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
superorderPalaeognathaePycraft 1900
orderRheiformes
familyRheidaeBonaparte 1849
genusRheaBrisson 1760
speciesamericana()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Rhea americana Linnaeus 1758 [greater rhea]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialg
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: herbivoreg
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 19:09:32
Modified: 2009-01-03 21:09:32
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Witmer and Rose 1991

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) Rhea americana (73845)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina (Santiago del Estero) Rhea americana (187627)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bolivia (Chuquisaca) Rhea americana (70705)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Rhea americana (73843)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Rhea americana (63342)