Rheidae

Rheidae /ˈriːɪdiː/ 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]

Rheids
Temporal range: Paleocene-Holocene 56–0 Ma
Greater rhea, Rhea americana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Infraclass: Palaeognathae
Clade: Notopalaeognathae
Order: Rheiformes
Forbes, 1884
Family: Rheidae
Bonaparte, 1853[1]
Type species
Rhea americana
Family
  • †Opisthodactylidae
  • Rheidae
Synonyms
  • Rheinae Bonaparte 1849

Taxonomy

Order Rheiformes (Forbes, 1884) Furbringer, 1888 [Rheimorphae Bonaparte, 1849; Rheae Forbes 1884][4][5][6][7][8]

  • Family †Opisthodactylidae Ameghino, 1895
  • Family Rheidae (Bonaparte 1849) Bonaparte, 1853 [Rheinae Bonaparte, 1849]
    • Genus †Heterorhea Rovereto, 1914
    • Genus †Hinasuri 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)

References
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