Family Tinamidae Gray 1840 (tinamou)

Aves - Tinamiformes - Tinamidae

Parent taxon: Tinamiformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Carroll 1988, Chandler 2012, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Lambrecht 1933, Livezey and Zusi 2007, Mlikovsky 2002 and Tambussi et al. 2023

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Crypturellus Eudromia Nothocercus Nothoprocta Nothura Rhynchotus Roveretornis Taoniscus Tinamisornis Tinamotis Tinamus

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Ecology: volant granivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (6 collections), Bolivia (1), Chile (1), Peru (1)

• Pliocene of Argentina (4)

• Huayquerian of Argentina (3)

• Miocene of Argentina (5)

Total: 21 collections including 29 occurrences

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