Devincenzia pozzi
Sign in to saveDevincenzia is an extinct genus of giant flightless predatory birds in the family Phorusrhacidae or "terror birds" that lived during the Early Miocene (Deseadan) Fray Bentos Formation of Uruguay, Late Miocene (Huayquerian) Ituzaingó Formation, Early Pliocene (Montehermosan) of Argentina, and possibly the Early Pleistocene Raigón Formation of Uruguay. The type species D. pozzi was formerly known as Onactornis pozzi. The largest possible specimen weighed up to , making it one of the largest phorusrhacids and carnivorous birds known.
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- Parent taxon
- Phorusrhacidae
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- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Devincenzia
- start time
- 21000000-0
- end time
- 4000000-00
- Commons category
- Devincenzia
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