Rheidae
Rheidae is a family of flightless ratite birds which first appeared in the Paleocene. It is today represented by the sole living genus Rhea, but also contains several extinct genera.Taxonomy
Order Rheiformes Furbringer, 1888
- Family †Opisthodactylidae Ameghino, 1895
- * Genus ?†Diogenornis de Alvarenga, 1983
- ** †Diogenornis fragilis de Alvarenga, 1983 – possibly a member of Casuariiformes instead.
- * Genus †Opisthodactylus Ameghino, 1895 – rheid?
- **†O. patagonicus Ameghino, 1895
- **†O. horacioperezi Agnolin & Chafrat, 2015
- Family Rheidae Bonaparte, 1853
- * Genus †Heterorhea Rovereto, 1914
- ** †Heterorhea dabbenei Rovereto, 1914
- * Genus †Hinasuri Tambussi, 1995
- ** †Hinasuri nehuensis Tambussi, 1995
- * Genus Rhea Brisson, 1760
- **†R. anchorenense
- **†R. fossilis Moreno & Mercerat, 1891
- **†R. mesopotamica
- **†R. subpampeana Moreno & Mercerat, 1891
- **R. americana
- ***R. a. albescens Lynch & Holmberg, 1878
- ***R. a. americana
- ***R. a. araneipes Brodkorb, 1938
- ***R. a. intermedia Rothschild & Chubb, 1914
- ***R. a. nobilis Brodkorb, 1939
- **R. pennata d'Orbigny, 1834
- ***R. p. pennata d'Orbigny, 1834
- ***R. p. garleppi
- ***R. p. tarapacensis
