De Ferrariasi's Patagonian-Wing

Patagopteryx deferrariasi

(Alvarenga & Bonaparte, 1992)

Patagopteryx deferrariasi is a small, flightless bird of South America.

Thanks to Fred Ruhe for his help with the translation of the name, and Jaime A. Headden for correcting me on the spelling of the specific name.
Other sites containing pertinent information:

• T. Mike Keesey's Patagopteryx page
• Samuel Barnett's  Patagopteryx page
• Dino-Nakasato Patagopteryx
• The Rise of Birds by Sankar Chatterjee.  Published in 1997 by Johns Hopkins University Press.

© Daniel Bensen 2000
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