†Prophororhacos incertus Rovereto 1914 (bird)
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Aves - Gruiformes - Hermosiornithidae
Alternative combination: Mesembriornis incertus
Full reference: C. Rovereto. 1914. Los Estratos Araucanos y sus fósiles. Anales del Museo de Historia Natural de Buenos Aire 25:1-247
Belongs to Prophororhacos according to Rovereto 1914
See also Alvarenga and Holfing 2003, Gould and Quitmyer 2005, Lambrecht 1933 and Tambussi et al. 2023
Sister taxa: Mesembriornis milneedwardsi, Mesembriornis quatrefagesi, Palaeociconia australis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Corral Quemado ( to Pliocene of Argentina)
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