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DEVINCENZIA
(dev-in-sen-zee-ah)
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 |
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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.

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