Procariama

Procariama is an extinct monotypic genus of phorusrhacid, which lived from the Late Miocene to the Late Pliocene (11-2 million years ago) of Argentina. Fossils of the animal have been found in six places, in the Cerro Azul and Andalhuala Formations. More specifically in the Andagalá department and in the north of the Belén department of the Catamarca province, with a single location in the La Pampa province. The type and only species, Procariama simplex, is the largest member of the subfamily Psilopterinae.

== History of Discovery == The lectotype of Procariama (MACN-8225) is a partial skeleton consisting of an incomplete skull, a pelvis, proximal and distal parts of the left femur, distal parts of the right tibiotarsus, proximal and distal parts of the right tarsometatarsus, foot bones and the nail bearing toe bones of the nearly complete left foot, and fragments of the toe bones of the right foot. The genus name was first published in 1914 by Cayetano Rovereto in Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural.