Devincenzia

Devincenzia
Temporal range: Early Miocene-Early Pleistocene
~21–2 Ma
A partial skull (MLP 37-III-7-8) referred to Devincenzia pozzi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cariamiformes
Family: Phorusrhacidae
Subfamily: Phorusrhacinae
Genus: Devincenzia
Kraglievich, 1932
Type species
Phororhacos pozzi
Kraglievich, 1931
Species
  • D. pozzi Kraglievich, 1931
  • D. gallinali? Kraglievich, 1932
Synonyms
  • Phororhacos pozzi Kraglievich, 1931
  • Phororhacos longissimus mendocinus Kraglievich, 1931
  • Devincenzia gallinali Kraglievich, 1932?
  • Onactornis depressus Cabrera, 1939
  • Onactornis pozzi (Kraglievich, 1931)

Devincenzia is an extinct genus of giant flightless predatory birds in the family Phorusrhacidae or "terror birds" that lived during the Early Miocene (Deseadan) Fray Bentos Formation of Uruguay, Late Miocene (Huayquerian) Ituzaingó Formation, Early Pliocene (Montehermosan) of Argentina, and possibly the Early Pleistocene Raigón Formation of Uruguay. The type species D. pozzi was formerly known as Onactornis pozzi.[1] The largest possible specimen weighed up to 350 kilograms (770 lb), making it one of the largest phorusrhacids and carnivorous birds known.