| Devincenzia Fossil range: Late Miocene - Early Pliocene |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cariamae |
| Family: | Phorusrhacidae |
| Genus: | Devincenzia |
| Species: | D. pozzi |
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| Devincenzia pozzi |
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Devincenzia is an extinct genus of giant flightless predatory birds of the family Phorusrhacidae or "terror birds" that lived from 7 till 5 million years ago in Argentina and Uruguay during the late miocene and early pliocene. D. pozzi was formally known as Onactornis pozzi. It stood about 2,5 metres tall.
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