Cariama santacrucensis
| Cariama santacrucensis Temporal range: Middle miocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cariamiformes |
| Family: | Cariamidae |
| Genus: | Cariama |
| Species: | †C. santacrucensis
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| †Cariama santacrucensis Noriega et al., 2009
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Cariama santacrucensis is an extinct species of seriema, which lived during the Early Miocene. The holotype specimen is MPM-PV 3511; the fossil is an incomplete skull from the Puesto Estancia La Costa fossil formation in Southern Santa Cruz Province, Argentina.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Noriega, Noriega. "Cariama santacrucensis". PBDB. 2009. Retrieved October 13, 2024.
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