Devincenzia
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- Argentina, Uruguay
- Devincenzia pozzi Kraglievich, 1932
Devincenzia is an extinct species of bird from the family of terror birds ( Phorusrhacidae ) that lived from the late Miocene to early Pliocene in South America. The only described species of the genus is Devincenzia pozzi.
Description and systematics
Kraglievich had the kind described Phororhacos pozzi for fossil remains from the northeast of Argentina, from layers of middle Miocene to Pliocene in 1931. In 1932 he described according to findings of a tarsometatarsus in Uruguay is another type Devincenzia gallinali. Cabrera gave Phororhacos pozzi in 1939, a new genus Onactornis pozzi while Brodkorb introduced in 1967 Devincenzia gallinali in question and this equated with Brontornis burmeisteri. Alvarenga courtier and brands were then recognized in 2003 that there is a genus / species, which they still zuwiesen an intermediate position between Phororhacos and Brontornis. Onactornis they were regarded as synonymous. Today Devincenzia is an equal genus next Phororhacos, Titanis and Kelenken within the subfamily Phorusrhacinae of the same family.
Features
Devincenzia had as his relatives atrophied wings and was a carnivore, probably an active predator. His adopted apex height up to 2.5 m and its estimated weight of up to 250 kg make him Kelenken the second largest known representative of the Phorusrhacidae. It was his next of kin very similar overall. His skull was about with about 0.65 m, similar Phorusrhacos, but the tarsometatarsus was more robust. There are also some similarities to the now separated from the terror birds Brontornis Due to its thickness.