Heterorhea

Heterorhea is an extinct genus of ratites in the rhea family. The type species is H. dabbenei.[1] from the Late Pliocene Monte Hermoso Formation, Buenos Aires, Argentina.[2] The holotype of the genus is missing.[3]

Heterorhea Temporal range: Pliocene (Chapadmalalan) ~4–3 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Rheiformes
Family:	Rheidae
Genus:	†Heterorhea Rovereto, 1914
Species
H. dabbenei (type)

References

1. Heterorhea at Fossilworks.org
2. Brodkorb, P. (1963) Catalogue of fossil birds Part 1 (Archaeopterygiformes through Ardeiformes). Bull. Florida State Mus., Biol. Sci., 7: 179-293.
3. Tambussi & Degrange, 2012, p.77

Bibliography

• Tambussi, Claudia P., and Federico Degrange. 2012. South American and Antarctic Continental Cenozoic Birds: Paleobiogeographic Affinities and Disparities, 1–113. Springer Science & Business Media. Accessed 2017-10-01.