Procariama
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cariamiformes |
| Family: | †Phorusrhacidae |
| Subfamily: | †Psilopterinae |
| Genus: | †Procariama Rovereto, 1914 |
| Species: | †P. simplex
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| †Procariama simplex Rovereto, 1914
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Procariama is an extinct monotypic genus of giant flightless predatory birds, reaching about 70 centimetres (2.3 ft) in height and 10 kilograms (22 lb) in body mass,[1] in the family Phorusrhacidae or "terror birds" which lived in Argentina.[2] Fossils have been found in the Cerro Azul and Andalhuala Formations.[3]
References
- ^ Alvarenga & Höfling, 2003, p.59
- ^ Procariama
- ^ Vezzosi, 2012, p.159
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