Procariama
| Procariama Temporal range: Late Miocene - Late Pliocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cariamiformes |
| Family: | Phorusrhacidae |
| Genus: | Procariama Rovereto, 1914 |
| Species: | Procariama simplex |
| Binomial name | |
| Procariama simplex Rovereto, 1914 | |
Procariama is an extinct Monotypic genus of giant flightless predatory birds, reaching 1 m (3.3 ft) tall, in the family Phorusrhacidae or "terror birds" which lived in Argentina.[1]
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