Chunga (bird)
Genus of birds in the Seriema family (Cariamidae)
Chunga Temporal range: Miocene - Holocene, 16–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Cariamiformes |
Family: | Cariamidae |
Genus: | Chunga Hartlaub, 1860 |
Type species | |
Dicholophus burmeisteri Hartlaub, 1860 | |
Species | |
Chunga is one of two known genera of seriemas in the family Cariamidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay. It contains one living species, the black-legged seriema. A prehistoric species, Chunga incerta, has been described from the Miocene and Pliocene Monte Hermoso Formation of Argentina.[1]
References
- ^ Noriega, J.I., Vizcaíno, S.F., & Bargo, M.S. (2009). "First record and a new species of seriema (Aves: Ralliformes: Cariamidae) from Santacrucian (early–middle miocene) Beds of Patagonia." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 29(2), 620-626.
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Genera of Seriemas and their extinct allies
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Superorder: Australaves
- Clade: Cariamiformes
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