Patagornis
Patagornis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Cariamiformes |
Family: | Phorusrhacidae |
Genus: | Patagornis Moreno & Mercerat 1891 |
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Patagornis is a genus of extinct, giant, flightless, predatory birds of the family Phorusrhacidae. Known as "terror birds", these lived in what is now Argentina during the Early and Middle Miocene; the Santa Cruz Formation in Patagonia contains numerous specimens.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Mayr, Gerald (2017). Avian Evolution: The Fossil Record of Birds and Its Paleobiological Significance. Chichester, UK: John Wiley and Sons. pp. 190–192. ISBN 978-1-119-02076-9.
- ↑ Patagornis at Fossilworks.org
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