Heterorhea

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

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]

References

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.

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Palaeognath genera

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves
Avemetatarsalia see Avemetatarsalia Theropoda see Theropoda Maniraptora see Maniraptora Palaeognathae see below↓

Palaeognathae
Palaeognathae †Asteriornis? †Eremopezus? †Limenavis? †Lithornithidae Calciavis Fissuravis Lithornis Paracathartes Pseudocrypturus Struthioniformes †Remiornis? †Geranoididae? Eogeranoides Galligeranoides? Geranodornis Palaeophasianus Paragrus †Palaeotididae? Palaeotis Galligeranoides? †Eogruidae? Eogrus Sonogrus †Ergilornithidae? Amphipelargus Ergilornis Sinoergilornis Urmiornis Struthionidae †Orientornis †Pachystruthio? Struthio Notopalaeognathae see below↓

Notopalaeognathae
Rheiformes †Opisthodactylidae Diogenornis? Opisthodactylus Rheidae †Heterorhea †Hinasuri †Protorhea Rhea †Dinornithiformes Dinornis Megalapteryx Emeidae Anomalopteryx Emeus Euryapteryx Pachyornis Tinamidae †Miniothura †Querandiornis †Roveretornis Tinaminae Crypturellus Nothocercus Tinamus Nothurinae Eudromia Nothoprocta Nothura Rhynchotus Taoniscus Tinamotis Novaeratitae Apterygidae Apteryx †Proapteryx †Aepyornithidae Aepyornis Mullerornis Casuariiformes †Diogenornis? Casuariidae Casuarius Dromaius †Emuarius

Ootaxa
Diamantornis Incognitoolithus Medioolithus Namornis Psammornis Tsondabornis

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