Procariama Rovereto, 1914

Alvarenga, Herculano M. F. & Höfling, Elizabeth, 2003, Systematic Revision Of The Phorusrhacidae (Aves: Ralliformes), Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 43 (4), pp. 55-91 : 83

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https://doi.org/ 10.1590/S0031-10492003000400001

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4900745

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scientific name

Procariama Rovereto, 1914
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Genus Procariama Rovereto, 1914

Type Species – Procariama simplex Rovereto, 1914 .

Included Species – Only the type species.

Distribution – Upper Miocene to Lower Pliocene of Argentina. (Catamarca Province).

Diagnos i s Revised – It is very similar to Psilopterus , being distiguished from this by the larger size and sturdier build ( Fig. 1G View FIGURE 1 ), and by a slight difference in the proportion of the bones of the hind-limbs, where the femur is proportionally shorter (Patterson & Kraglievich, 1960:16). The wing bones of Procariama are also proportionally smaller ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 ). In the tarsometatarsus, the hipotarsus forms two expansions (one lateral the other medial) in the most proximal part, this thus looking like two crests ( Fig. 29A View FIGURE 29 ), different from both Psilopterus and Paleopsilopterus .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Gruiformes

Family

Psilopteridae

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