Rheidae

Rheids
Temporal range: PaleoceneHolocene 56–0 Ma
Greater rhea, Rhea americana
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Infraclass: Palaeognathae
Clade: Notopalaeognathae
Order: Rheiformes
Family: Rheidae
Bonaparte, 1853
Type species
Rhea americana
Genus
Synonyms
  • Rheinae Bonaparte 1849

Rheidae /ˈriːɪdiː/ is a family of flightless ratite birds which first appeared in the Paleocene. It is today represented by the sole living genus Rhea, but also contains several extinct genera.

Taxonomy

Order Rheiformes (Forbes, 1884) Furbringer, 1888 [Rheimorphae Bonaparte, 1849; Rheae Forbes 1884]

  • FamilyOpisthodactylidae Ameghino 1895
  • Family Rheidae (Bonaparte 1849) Bonaparte, 1853

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