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.
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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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It was discovered in the Santa Cruz Formation of the Aquitanian stage in the Miocene, and is the oldest known species within Cariamidae.
References
edit- ^ 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.
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