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Rheidae

Rheids
Temporal range: Paleocene-Holocene 56–0 Ma
Greater rhea pair arp.jpg
Greater rhea, Rhea americana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Notopalaeognathae
Order: Rheiformes
Forbes, 1884
Family: Rheidae
Bonaparte, 1853
Type species
Rhea americana
Linnaeus, 1758
Family
Synonyms
  • Rheinae Bonaparte 1849

Rheidae 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.

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


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