Named By: | Kraglievich in 1932 |
Time Period: | Late Miocene - Early Pliocene |
Location: | Argentina, Uruguay |
Size: | Estimated at 2.5 meters tall |
Diet: | Carnivore |
Fossil(s): | Enough to identify one species |
Classification: | | Chordata | Aves | Cariamae | Phorusrhacidae | Phorusrhacinae | |
Also known as: | | Onactornis pozzi | |
Devincenzia pozzi is an extinct giant flightless predatory bird in the family Phorusrhacidae or "terror birds" that lived from 7 until 5 million years ago in Argentina and Uruguay during the late Miocene and early Pliocene. D. pozzi was formerly known as Onactornis pozzi. It stood about 2.5 metres tall.