Liornis Ameghino 1894 (terror bird)

Aves - Gruiformes - Phorusrhacidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1894. Sur les oiseaux fossiles de Patagonie; et la faune mammalogique des couches à Pyrotherium. Boletin del Instituto Geographico Argentino 15:501-660

Parent taxon: Phorusrhacidae according to E. Buffetaut 2016

See also Alvarenga and Holfing 2003, Ameghino 1894, Lambrecht 1933 and Wetmore 1960

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Liornis in the database

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