Cariama santacrucensis

Cariama santacrucensis is an extinct species of seriema, which lived during the Early Miocene. The holotype specimen is MPM-PV 3511; the fossil is an incomplete skull from the Puesto Estancia La Costa fossil formation in Southern Santa Cruz Province, Argentina.^[1]

Cariama santacrucensis Temporal range: Middle miocene 17.5–16.3 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Cariamiformes
Family:	Cariamidae
Genus:	Cariama
Species:	†C. santacrucensis
Binomial name
†Cariama santacrucensis Noriega et al., 2009