Devincenzia
Devincenzia is an extinct genus of giant flightless predatory birds in the family Phorusrhacidae or "terror birds" that lived during the Early Miocene (Deseadan) Fray Bentos Formation of Uruguay and Late Miocene (Huayquerian) Ituzaingó Formation to Early Pliocene (Montehermosan) of Argentina. The type species D. pozzi was formerly known as Onactornis pozzi. A second species D. gallinali has been described.[1] It stood about 2.5 metres (8.2 ft) tall.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cariamiformes |
| Family: | †Phorusrhacidae |
| Subfamily: | †Phorusrhacinae |
| Genus: | †Devincenzia Kraglievich 1932 |
| Type species | |
| Devincenzia pozzi Kraglievich 1932 | |
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Etymology
The genus is named after Garibaldi Devincenzi.[2]
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References
- Devincenzia at Fossilworks.org
- Klappenbach & Phillippi, 1986, p.4
Bibliography
- Klappenbach, Miguel A., and María Emilia Phillippi. 1986. Garibaldi J. Devincenzi - Breve nota biográfica y lista de sus publicaciones. Publicación Extra del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo 39. 1–8. Accessed 2017-10-01.
Further reading
- Agnolin, Federico L. 2013. La posición sistemática de Hermosiornis (Aves, Phororhacoidea) y sus implicancias filogenéticas. Revista Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales 15. 39–60. Accessed 2017-10-01.
- Agnolin, Federico. 2006. Posición sistemática de algunos aves fororracoideas (Ralliformes: Cariamae) Argentinas. Revista Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales 8. 27–33. Accessed 2017-10-01.
- Alvarenga, Herculano M.F., and Elizabeth Höfling. 2003. Systematic revision of the Phorusrhacidae (Aves: Ralliformes). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 43. 55–91. Accessed 2017-10-01.
- Jones, Washington W. 2010. Nuevos aportes sobre la paleobiología de los Fororrácidos (Aves: Phorusrhacidae) basados en el análisis de estructuras biológicas (PhD thesis), 1–213. PEDECIBA. Accessed 2017-10-01.
- Mones, Álvaro, and . 1993. Primer hallazgo de Rhea sp. fósil en el Uruguay (Aves: Struthioniformes: Rheidae). Comunicaciones Paleontológicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo II. 65–68. Accessed 2017-10-01.
- Mones, Álvaro. 1972. Lista de los vertebrados fósiles del Uruguay. Comunicaciones Paleontológicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo I. 23–37. Accessed 2017-10-01.
- Noriega, Jorge I., and Federico L. Agnolin. 2008. El registro paleontológico de las Aves del "Mesopotamiense" (Formación Ituzaingó; Mioceno tardío- Plioceno) de la provincia de Entre Ríos, Argentina. Temas de la Biodiversidad del Litoral III 17. 271–290. Accessed 2017-10-01.
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