Ameripodius
| Ameripodius Temporal range: Late Oligocene-Early Miocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Family: | †Quercymegapodiidae |
| Genus: | †Ameripodius Alvarenga, 1995 |
| Type species | |
| Ameripodius silvasantosi Alvarenga, 1995
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| Species | |
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Ameripodius silvasantosi Ameripodius alexis | |
Ameripodius is an extinct genus of quercymegapodiid that lived during the Oligocene and Miocene epochs.
Distribution
[edit]Ameripodius silvasantosi fossils are known from the Late Oligocene Tremembé Formation of Brazil.[1] Ameripodius alexis is known from Early Miocene deposits in France.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Herculano M. F. de Alvarenga (1995). "Um Primitivo Membro da Ordem Galliformes (Aves) do Terciário Médio da Bacia de Taubaté, Estado de São Paulo, Brasil". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 67: 33–44.
- ^ Mourer‐Chauviré, Cécile (September 2000). "A new species of Ameripodius (Aves: Galliformes: Quercymegapodiidae) from the Lower Miocene of France". Palaeontology. 43 (3): 481–493. doi:10.1111/j.0031-0239.2000.00136.x. ISSN 0031-0239. Retrieved 28 March 2025 – via Wiley Online Library.
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