Procariama
Procariama Temporal range: Late Miocene - Late Pliocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Cariamiformes |
Family: | Phorusrhacidae |
Genus: | Procariama Rovereto, 1914 |
Species: | Procariama simplex |
Binomial name | |
Procariama simplex Rovereto, 1914 | |
Procariama is an extinct Monotypic genus of giant flightless predatory birds, reaching 1 m (3.3 ft) tall, in the family Phorusrhacidae or "terror birds" which lived in Argentina.[1]
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