Rheidae

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Jump to navigationJump to search Rheidae 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]

Taxonomy[edit]
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
 * †Diogenornis fragilis  de Alvarenga, 1983  (Late Paleocene) – possibly a member of Casuariiformes instead.[9]
 * Genus †Opisthodactylus  Ameghino, 1895  (Miocene) – rheid?
 * †O. patagonicus  Ameghino, 1895
 * †O. horacioperezi  Agnolin & Chafrat, 2015
 * Family Rheidae  (Bonaparte 1849) Bonaparte, 1853  [Rheinae  Bonaparte, 1849 ]
 * Genus †Heterorhea  Rovereto, 1914
 * †Heterorhea dabbenei  Rovereto, 1914  (Pliocene)
 * Genus †Hinasuri  Tambussi, 1995
 * †Hinasuri nehuensis  Tambussi, 1995
 * Genus Rhea  Brisson, 1760  [Rhea  Moehring, 1758 nomen dubium ; Pterocnemia  Gray, 1870 ; Toujou  Lacépède, 1801 ; Tujus  Rafinesque, 1815 ]
 * †R. anchorenense  (Ameghino & Rusconi, 1932)  [Rhea americana anchorenense  Ameghino & Rusconi, 1932 ]
 * †R. fossilis  Moreno & Mercerat, 1891  [Pterocnemia fossilis  (Moreno & Mercerat, 1891) ; Rhea pampeana  Moreno & Mercerat, 1891 ]
 * †R. mesopotamica  (Agnolín & Noriega, 2012)  [Pterocnemia mesopotamica  Agnolín & Noriega, 2012 ]
 * †R. subpampeana  Moreno & Mercerat, 1891
 * R. americana  (Linnaeus, 1758)  [Struthio americanus  Linnaeus, 1758 ; Struthio camelus americanus  (Linnaeus, 1758) ; Rhea albescens  Lynch & Holmberg, 1878 ; Rhea rothschildi  Brabourne & Chubb, 1911 ; Struthio rhea  Linnaeus, 1766 ; Rhea nandua  Temminck, 1823 ; Rhea nandu  Lesson, 1828 ; Rhea macrorhyncha  Sclater, 1860 ] (Greater Rhea)
 * R. a. albescens  Lynch & Holmberg, 1878  [Rhea albescens  Lynch & Holmberg, 1878 ; Rhea americana rothschildi  (Brabourne & Chubb, 1919) ; Rhea rothschildi  Brabourne & Chubb, 1919 ] (Argentine rhea)
 * R. a. americana  (Linnaeus, 1758)  [Struthio camelus americanus  (Linnaeus, 1758) ; Struthio rhea; Rhea nandua  Temminck, 1823 ; Rhea nandu  Lesson, 1828 ; Rhea americana macrorhyncha  Sclater, 1860 ; Rhea macrorhyncha  Sclater, 1860 ] (American rhea)
 * R. a. araneipes  Brodkorb, 1938
 * R. a. intermedia  Rothschild & Chubb, 1914  (intermediate rhea)
 * R. a. nobilis  Brodkorb, 1939
 * R. pennata  d'Orbigny, 1834  [Rhea darwinii  Gould, 1837 ; Pterocnemia pennata  (d'Orbigny, 1834) ; Pterocnemia darwinii  (Gould, 1837) ; Rhea nana  Lyddekker, 1894 ; Struthio darwinii  (Gould, 1837) ; Pterocnemia tarapacensis  Chubb, 1913 ] (Lesser Rhea)
 * R. p. pennata  d'Orbigny, 1834  [Pterocnemia pennata pennata  (d'Orbigny, 1834) ; Rhea americana darwinii  (Gould, 1837) ; Pterocnemis darwinii  (Gould, 1837) ; Pterocnemia darwinii  (Gould, 1837) ; Struthio darwinii  (Gould, 1837) ] (Darwin's lesser Rhea)
 * R. p. garleppi  (Chubb, 1913)  [Pterocnemia tarapacensis garleppi  Chubb, 1913 ; Pterocnemia pennata garleppi  (Chubb, 1913) ; Rhea tarapacensis garleppi  (Chubb, 1913) ] (Garlepp's rhea)
 * R. p. tarapacensis  (Chubb, 1913)  [Pterocnemia tarapacensis  Chubb, 1913 ; Pterocnemia pennata tarapacensis  (Chubb, 1913) ; Rhea tarapacensis tarapacensis (Chubb, 1913); Pterocnemia tarapacensis tarapacensis  Chubb, 1913 ] (Tarapacá/Puna Rhea)