Prophororhacos incertus Rovereto 1914 (bird)

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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