Aratinga vorohuensis
| Aratinga vorohuensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittacidae |
| Genus: | Aratinga |
| Species: | A. vorohuensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Aratinga vorohuensis (Tonni & Noriega 1996)
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| Synonyms | |
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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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- ^ 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.
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