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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cariamiformes |
| Family: | Cariamidae |
| Genus: | †Miocariama Noriega and Mayr, 2017 |
| Species: | †M. patagonica
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| †Miocariama patagonica Noriega and Mayr, 2017
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Miocariama is an extinct genus of seriema that lived in the Early Miocene and Late Pliocene. [1][2] The only species in the genus is Miocariama patagonica.
It was discovered in the Santa Cruz Formation of the Aquitanian stage in the Miocene, and is the oldest known species within Cariamidae.
- ^ Jorge I. Noriega; Gerald Mayr (2017). "The systematic affinities of the putative seriema Noriegavis santacrucensis (Noriega et al., 2009) from the Miocene of Argentina". Contribuciones del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia". 7: 133–139.
- ^ Mayr, G.; Noriega, J.I. (2013). "A well-preserved partial skeleton of the poorly known early Miocene seriema Noriegavis santacrucensis (Aves, Cariamidae)". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 60 (3): 589–598. doi:10.4202/app.00011.2013. hdl:11336/41730 – via BioOne.