Crypturellus reai

Crypturellus reai; Temporal range: Early-Mid Miocene (Santacrucian); ~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
Infraclass:	Palaeognathae
Order:	Tinamiformes
Family:	Tinamidae
Genus:	Crypturellus
Species:	†C. reai
Binomial name
	†Crypturellus reai; Chandler 2012
Synonyms
	aff. Crypturellus Brabourne & Chubb 1914;

Crypturellus reai is an extinct species of Miocene fossil bird in the tinamou family. It was described in 2012 from material originally excavated by American palaeontologist Barnum Brown in 1899 in Patagonia. The specific epithet honours Amadeo M. Rea, an educator, mentor and friend of the describer.^[1]

^ Chandler, Robert M. (2012). "A New Species of Tinamou (Aves: Tinamiformes, Tinamidae) from the Early-Middle Miocene of Argentina" (PDF). PalArch's Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology. 9 (2): 1–8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-18. Retrieved 2013-06-14.