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Aratinga vorohuensis

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Aratinga vorohuensis
Temporal range: Late Pliocene (Uquian)
~3–2.6 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
Genus: Aratinga
Species:
A. vorohuensis
Binomial name
Aratinga vorohuensis
(Tonni & Noriega 1996)
Synonyms

Nandayus vorohuensis

Aratinga vorohuensis is a prehistoric relative of the nanday parakeet described from Late Pliocene fossils found in and named after the Vorohué Formation of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Eduardo P. Tonni & Jorge I. Noriega (1996). "Una nueva especie de Nandayus Bonaparte, 1854 (Aves: Psittaciformes) del Pliocene tardío de Argentina" [A new species of Nandayus Bonaparte (Aves: Psittaciformes) from the Late Pliocene of Argentina] (PDF). Revista Chilena de Historia Natural (in Spanish). 69: 97–104.