Procariama
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Procariama is an extinct monotypic genus of phorusrhacid, which lived from the Late Miocene to the Late Pliocene (11-2 million years ago) of Argentina. Fossils of the animal have been found in six places, in the Cerro Azul and Andalhuala Formations.[1] More specifically in the Andagalá department and in the north of the Belén department of the Catamarca province, with a single location in the La Pampa province.[1] The type and only species, Procariama simplex, is the largest member of the subfamily Psilopterinae.[1]
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Procariama | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Cariamiformes |
Family: | †Phorusrhacidae |
Subfamily: | †Psilopterinae |
Genus: | †Procariama Rovereto, 1914 |
Species: | †P. simplex |
Binomial name | |
†Procariama simplex Rovereto, 1914 | |
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