Rheidae

Rheids; Temporal range: Paleocene–Holocene 56–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	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; Linnaeus, 1758
Genus
	†Heterorhea Rovereto 1914; †Hinasuri Tambussi 1995; Rhea Brisson 1760;
Synonyms
	Rheinae Bonaparte 1849;

Rheidae /ˈriːɪdiː/ is a family of flightless ratite birds which first appeared in the Paleocene.^[2] It is today represented by the sole living genus Rhea, but also contains several extinct genera.^[3]

Taxonomy

Order Rheiformes (Forbes, 1884) Furbringer, 1888 [Rheimorphae Bonaparte, 1849; Rheae Forbes 1884]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Family †Opisthodactylidae Ameghino 1895
- Genus ?†Diogenornis de Alvarenga 1983 (Late Paleocene) – possibly a member of Casuariiformes instead.^[9]
- Genus †Opisthodactylus Ameghino 1895 (Miocene) – rheid?
Family Rheidae (Bonaparte 1849) Bonaparte, 1853
- Genus †Heterorhea Rovereto 1914 (Pliocene)
- Genus †Hinasuri Tambussi 1995
- Genus Rhea Brisson 1760

References

^ Brands, Sheila (14 August 2008). "Systema Naturae 2000 / Classification, Family Rheidae". Project: The Taxonomicon. Retrieved 4 February 2009.
^ Agnolin, Federico L. (July 2016) [2017]. "Unexpected diversity of ratites (Aves, Palaeognathae) in the early Cenozoic of South America: Palaeobiogeographical implications". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 41 (1): 101–111. doi:10.1080/03115518.2016.1184898. ISSN 0311-5518. S2CID 132516050.
^ Mayr, G. (2009). Paleogene fossil birds. Springer.
^ Haaramo, Mikko (2007). "Paleognathia - paleognathous modern birds". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
^ "Taxonomic lists - Aves". Paleofile.com (net, info). Retrieved 30 December 2015.
^ "Part 7 - Vertebrates". Collection of genus-group names in a systematic arrangement. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
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^ Brodkob, Pierce (1963). "1- Archaeopterygiformes through Ardeiformes". Biological sciences. Catalogue of fossil birds. 7 (4). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum: 180–293. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
^ Alvarenga, H. (2010). Diogenornis fragilis (Alvarenga, 1985) restudied: a South American ratite closely related to Casuariidae (Thesis).^{[full citation needed]}