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Rhea americana (greater rhea)
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).
It was recombined as Rhea americana by del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017) and Tambussi et al. (2023).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Struthio americanus Linnaeus p. 155 |
| 2014 | Rhea americana del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Rhea americana Clements et al. |
| 2023 | Rhea americana Tambussi et al. p. 265 |
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Rhea americana Linnaeus 1758 [greater rhea]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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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 |
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| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Rhea americana (73845) | |
| Holocene | Bolivia (Chuquisaca) | Rhea americana (70705) | |
| Holocene | Argentina (Santiago del Estero) | Rhea americana (187627) | |
| Holocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Rhea americana (63342) | |
| Holocene | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Rhea americana (73843) |