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(Redirected from Opisthodactylidae) Family of birds

Rheids
Temporal range: PaleoceneHolocene 56–0 Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Greater rhea, Rhea americana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Infraclass: Palaeognathae
Clade: Notopalaeognathae
Order: Rheiformes
Family: Rheidae
Bonaparte, 1853
Type species
Rhea americana
Linnaeus, 1758
Genus
Synonyms
  • Rheinae Bonaparte 1849

Rheidae /ˈriːɪdiː/ is a family of flightless ratite birds which first appeared in the Paleocene. It is today represented by the sole living genus Rhea, but also contains several extinct genera.

Taxonomy

Order Rheiformes (Forbes, 1884) Furbringer, 1888

References

  1. Brands, Sheila (14 August 2008). "Systema Naturae 2000 / Classification, Family Rheidae". Project: The Taxonomicon. Retrieved 4 February 2009.
  2. Agnolin, Federico L. (July 2016) . "Unexpected diversity of ratites (Aves, Palaeognathae) in the early Cenozoic of South America: Palaeobiogeographical implications". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 41 (1): 101–111. doi:10.1080/03115518.2016.1184898. ISSN 0311-5518. S2CID 132516050.
  3. Mayr, G. (2009). Paleogene fossil birds. Springer.
  4. Haaramo, Mikko (2007). "Paleognathia - paleognathous modern birds". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  5. "Taxonomic lists - Aves". Paleofile.com (net, info). Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  6. "Part 7 - Vertebrates". Collection of genus-group names in a systematic arrangement. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  7. Çınar, Ümüt (November 2015). "01 → Pᴀʟᴇᴏɢɴᴀᴛʜᴀᴇ : Sᴛʀᴜᴛʜɪᴏɴɪfᴏʀᴍᴇs, Rʜᴇɪfᴏʀᴍᴇs, Cᴀsᴜᴀʀɪɪfᴏʀᴍᴇs, Aᴘᴛᴇʀʏɢɪfᴏʀᴍᴇs, Aᴇᴘʏᴏʀɴɪᴛʜɪfᴏʀᴍᴇs, Dɪɴᴏʀɴɪᴛʜɪfᴏʀᴍᴇs, Lɪᴛʜᴏʀɴɪᴛʜɪfᴏʀᴍᴇs, Tɪɴᴀᴍɪfᴏʀᴍᴇs & Rᴇfᴇʀᴇɴᴄᴇs". English Names of Birds. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  8. Brodkob, Pierce (1963). "1- Archaeopterygiformes through Ardeiformes". Biological sciences. Catalogue of fossil birds. 7 (4). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum: 180–293. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  9. Alvarenga, H. (2010). Diogenornis fragilis (Alvarenga, 1985) restudied: a South American ratite closely related to Casuariidae (Thesis).
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