Hinasuri is an extinct genus of rhea from the Montehermosan. Its fossils have been found in the Monte Hermoso Formation of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The type species is H. nehuensis. Hinasuri was a robust rheid bird, living at a time of increasingly extreme temperatures and decreased precipitation in the Pampean region during the Pliocene–Pleistocene.[1]
| Hinasuri Temporal range: Montehermosan
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Infraclass: | Palaeognathae |
| Order: | Rheiformes |
| Family: | Rheidae |
| Genus: | †Hinasuri Tambussi 1995 |
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| Hinasuri nehuensis Tambussi 1995
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References
edit- ^ Picasso & Clelia Mosto, 2016
Bibliography
edit- Picasso, Mariana B.J.; Clelia Mosto, María (2016), "New insights about Hinasuri nehuensis (Aves, Rheidae, Palaeognathae) from the early Pliocene of Argentina", Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, 40 (2): 1–7, Bibcode:2016Alch...40..244P, doi:10.1080/03115518.2016.1122961, hdl:11336/54868, retrieved 2019-03-07
Further reading
edit- The Origin and Evolution of Birds by Alan Feduccia
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