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Phororhacosidae (terror bird)
Taxonomy
Phororhacosidae was named by Ameghino (1889). It is considered to be a form taxon.
It was corrected as Phororhacidae by Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1960), Cracraft (1968), Gould and Quitmyer (2005); it was corrected as Phorusrhacidae by Carroll (1988), Alvarenga and Holfing (2003), Acosta Hospitaleche and Tambussi (2005), Bertelli et al. (2007), Livezey and Zusi (2007), Shockey et al. (2009), Angst et al. (2013), Acosta Hospitaleche and Jones (2024).
It was assigned to Vermilinguia by Ameghino (1889); to Stereornithes by Lambrecht (1933); to Phororhacoidea by Wetmore (1960); to Cariamoidea by Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Aves by Shockey et al. (2009); to Cariamae by Cracraft (1968), Mourer-Chauviré (1981), Carroll (1988), Alvarenga and Holfing (2003), Gould and Quitmyer (2005), Acosta Hospitaleche and Tambussi (2005), Bertelli et al. (2007), Angst et al. (2013); and to Cariamiformes by Acosta Hospitaleche and Jones (2024).
It was corrected as Phororhacidae by Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1960), Cracraft (1968), Gould and Quitmyer (2005); it was corrected as Phorusrhacidae by Carroll (1988), Alvarenga and Holfing (2003), Acosta Hospitaleche and Tambussi (2005), Bertelli et al. (2007), Livezey and Zusi (2007), Shockey et al. (2009), Angst et al. (2013), Acosta Hospitaleche and Jones (2024).
It was assigned to Vermilinguia by Ameghino (1889); to Stereornithes by Lambrecht (1933); to Phororhacoidea by Wetmore (1960); to Cariamoidea by Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Aves by Shockey et al. (2009); to Cariamae by Cracraft (1968), Mourer-Chauviré (1981), Carroll (1988), Alvarenga and Holfing (2003), Gould and Quitmyer (2005), Acosta Hospitaleche and Tambussi (2005), Bertelli et al. (2007), Angst et al. (2013); and to Cariamiformes by Acosta Hospitaleche and Jones (2024).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1889 | Phororhacosidae Ameghino |
| 1891 | Darwinornithidae Moreno and Mercerat p. 24 |
| 1932 | Devincenziidae Kraglievich |
| 1932 | Mesembriorniidae Kraglievich |
| 1933 | Phororhacidae Lambrecht p. 501 |
| 1960 | Phororhacidae Wetmore p. 23 |
| 1968 | Phororhacidae Cracraft p. 43 |
| 1981 | Phororhacosidae Mourer-Chauviré p. 643 |
| 1988 | Phorusrhacidae Carroll |
| 2003 | Phorusrhacidae Alvarenga and Holfing p. 64 |
| 2005 | Phorusrhacidae Acosta Hospitaleche and Tambussi |
| 2005 | Phororhacidae Gould and Quitmyer p. 205 figs. Table 2 |
| 2007 | Phorusrhacidae Bertelli et al. p. 410 |
| 2007 | Phorusrhacidae Livezey and Zusi p. 91 |
| 2009 | Phorusrhacidae Shockey et al. |
| 2013 | Phorusrhacidae Angst et al. |
| 2024 | Phorusrhacidae Acosta Hospitaleche and Jones |
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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.
Fm. †Phororhacosidae Ameghino 1889 [terror bird]
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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Collections
No collection or age range data are available