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Rhea may refer to:

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhea, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2495164	https://www.gbif.org/species/2495164
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	83729	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=83729

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Rheiformes : Rheidae : Rhea

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Archosauromorpha
-	Crocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
-	Eucrocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauria
informal	Avemetatarsalia	Benton 1999
-	Ornithodira	Gauthier 1986
-	Dinosauromorpha	Benton 1985
-	Dinosauriformes	Novas 1992
-	Dinosauria
-	Saurischia
-	Theropoda
-	Neotheropoda	Bakker 1986
-	Averostra	Paul 2002
-	Tetanurae	Gauthier 1986
order	Avetheropoda	Paul 1988
suborder	Coelurosauria	Huene 1914
-	Maniraptora	Gauthier 1986
-	Paraves	Sereno 1997
class	Aves	Linnaeus 1758
-	Pygostylia	Chiappe 2002
-	Ornithothoraces	Chiappe and Calvo 1994
-	Ornithuromorpha	Chiappe et al. 1999
subclass	Ornithurae	Haeckel 1866
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
superorder	Palaeognathae	Pycraft 1900
order	Rheiformes
family	Rheidae	Bonaparte 1849
genus	Rhea	Brisson 1760

Scientific Name

Rhea Brisson, 1760

Name Published In

Brisson, M. J. 1760. Ornithologie ou méthode contenant la division des oiseaux en ordres, sections, genres, especes & leurs variétés. A laquelle on a joint une description exacte de chaque espece, avec les citations des auteurs qui en ont traité, les noms qu'ils leur ont donnés, ceux que leur ont donnés les différentes nations, & les noms vulgaires. Ouvrage enrichi de figures en taille-douce. Bauche, Paris. Vol. Tome 1: j-xxiv , 1-526, j-lxxiij , Pl. I-XXXVII.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Rhea	genus	belongs to Rheidae	stated without evidence	Bonaparte, 1853
Rhea	genus	belongs to Rheidae	stated with evidence	Clements et al., 2017

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

4 (50%)

First Recorded Appearance

23.0 - 11.6 Ma
Miocene

Environment

terrestrial

Motility

actively mobile (based on Theropoda)

Diet

herbivore

Reproduction

oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda)

Ontogeny

accretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

C. M. Deschamps. 2005. Late Cenozoic mammal bio-chronostratigraphy in southwestern Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Ameghiniana 42(4):733-750

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhea

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Rhea americana species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Greater Rhea	5	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Rhea fossilis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Rhea macrorhyncha species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhea nana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Rhea pampeana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Rhea pennata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Lesser Rhea			0 Ma Extant
Rhea rothschildi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhea subpampeana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Rhea tarapacensis species	listed (PBDB)	Puna Rhea			0 Ma Extant

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Rhea Möhring, 1758	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Rheiformes : Rheidae : *Rhea*
Pteroicnemia G.R.Gray, 1871	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Rheiformes : Rheidae : *Pteroicnemia*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1760	Rhea Brisson
1853	Rhea Bonaparte
1870	Pterocnemia Gray
1891	Rhea Moreno and Mercerat p. 70
1933	Rhea Lambrecht p. 110
2014	Rhea del Hoyo et al.
2017	Rhea Clements et al.

References

Deschamps C. M. (2005) Late Cenozoic mammal bio-chronostratigraphy in southwestern Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, Ameghiniana 42 4, 733-750

Moreno F. P., Mercerat A. Catalogue des Oiseaux Fossiles de la Republique Argentine conserves au Musee de la Plata, Anales del Museo de la Plata 1, 1-71

Lambrecht K. (1933) Handbuch der Palaeornithologie, 1-1024

del Hoyo J., Collar N. J., et al (2014) HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines, 1-904

Clements J. F., Schulenberg T. S., et al (2017) , The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017

Ponce Gordo,F.,Herrera,S.,Castro,A. T.,Garcia Duran,B.,Martinez Diaz,R. A. (2002) Parasites from farmed ostriches (Struthio camelus) and rheas (Rhea americana) in Europe - via Phthiraptera.info

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Ornith., 5 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993, PaleoDB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Baer,Jean G. (1957) Summary of parasites reported from the ostrich and the rhea - via Phthiraptera.info

SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Dickinson, Edward C., ed., 2003: null. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 3rd edition. 1039. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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