Rheidae
Family of birds From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rheidae /ˈriːɪdiː/ is a family of flightless ratite birds which first appeared in the Paleocene.[2] It is today represented by the sole living genus Rhea, but also contains several extinct genera.[3]
| Rheids | |
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| Greater rhea, Rhea americana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
| Clade: | Notopalaeognathae |
| Order: | Rheiformes |
| Family: | Rheidae Bonaparte, 1853[1] |
| Type species | |
| Rhea americana | |
| Genus | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Taxonomy
Order Rheiformes (Forbes, 1884) Furbringer, 1888 [Rheimorphae Bonaparte, 1849; Rheae Forbes 1884][4][5][6][7][8]
- Family †Opisthodactylidae Ameghino 1895
- Genus ?†Diogenornis de Alvarenga 1983 (Late Paleocene) – possibly a member of Casuariiformes instead.[9]
- Genus †Opisthodactylus Ameghino 1895 (Miocene) – rheid?
- Family Rheidae (Bonaparte 1849) Bonaparte, 1853
- Genus †Heterorhea Rovereto 1914 (Pliocene)
- Genus †Hinasuri Tambussi 1995
- Genus Rhea Brisson 1760
References
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