| Hinasuri Temporal range: Montehermosan | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
| Order: | Rheiformes |
| Family: | Rheidae |
| Genus: | †Hinasuri Tambussi 1995 |
| Type species | |
| Hinasuri nehuensis Tambussi 1995 | |
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Hinasuri is an extinct genus of rhea from the Montehermosan. Its fossils have been found in the Monte Hermoso Formation of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The type species is H. nehuensis. Hinasuri was a robust rheid bird, living at a time of increasingly extreme temperatures and decreased precipitation in the Pampean region during the Pliocene–Pleistocene.[1]
References
- ↑ Picasso & Clelia Mosto, 2016
Bibliography
- Picasso, Mariana B.J., and María Clelia Mosto. 2016. New insights about Hinasuri nehuensis (Aves, Rheidae,Palaeognathae) from the early Pliocene of Argentina. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 40. 1–7. Accessed 2019-03-07.
Further reading
- The Origin and Evolution of Birds by Alan Feduccia
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