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Phorusrhacidae (terror bird)
Taxonomy
Phorusrhacidae was named by Ameghino (1899).
It was assigned to Cariamoidea by Livezey and Zusi (2007); and to Cariamae by Cracraft (1968), Carroll (1988), Alvarenga and Holfing (2003) and Bertelli et al. (2007).
It was assigned to Cariamoidea by Livezey and Zusi (2007); and to Cariamae by Cracraft (1968), Carroll (1988), Alvarenga and Holfing (2003) and Bertelli et al. (2007).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1889 | Phororhacosidae Ameghino |
| 1891 | Darwinornithidae Moreno and Mercerat p. 24 |
| 1899 | Phorusrhacidae Ameghino |
| 1932 | Devincenziidae Kraglievich |
| 1932 | Mesembriorniidae Kraglievich |
| 1968 | Phororhacidae Cracraft p. 43 |
| 1988 | Phorusrhacidae Carroll |
| 2003 | Phorusrhacidae Alvarenga and Holfing p. 64 |
| 2007 | Phorusrhacidae Bertelli et al. p. 410 |
| 2007 | Phorusrhacidae Livezey and Zusi p. 91 |
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