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- noun A group of
extinct flightless birds , of the family Phorusrhacidae, from theCenozoic period who inhabitedSouth America
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Examples
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There is lots more to say: I am planning also to blog about phorusrhacid skull and hand anatomy, and about their alleged survival into near-modern times.
Archive 2006-11-01 Darren Naish 2006
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What is almost certainly a non-American phorusrhacid was reported in 1987 … from the Eocene of Antarctica (Case et al. 1987).
More on phorusrhacids: the biggest, the fastest, the mostest out-of-placest Darren Naish 2006
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This latter bird (significant in being the youngest phorusrhacid from South America) was one of the largest members of the group, with an estimated height of c.
More on phorusrhacids: the biggest, the fastest, the mostest out-of-placest Darren Naish 2006
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The various phorusrhacid genera and species have been reviewed twice in the past 50 years.
Terror birds Darren Naish 2006
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The ‘best known’ phorusrhacid, the one featured in every single prehistoric animal book, is Phorusrhacos longissimus from the Miocene of Argentina.
Terror birds Darren Naish 2006
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The image, depicting the controversial North American phorusrhacid Titanis, has been kindly provided by my good friend Carl Buell who has, I am very pleased to say, recently started blogging again after a very long absence.
Archive 2006-11-01 Darren Naish 2006
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In the previous post we looked briefly at phorusrhacid diversity, stopping on the way to look at the discovery and naming of that ‘well known’ species Phorusrhacos longissimus from the Miocene of Argentina.
Archive 2006-11-01 Darren Naish 2006
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The image, depicting the controversial North American phorusrhacid Titanis, has been kindly provided by my good friend Carl Buell who has, I am very pleased to say, recently started blogging again after a very long absence.
Goodbye, my giant predatory, cursorial, flightless hoatzin Darren Naish 2006
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The biggest brontornithine, Brontornis burmeisteri from the Miocene of Argentina, was also arguably the biggest phorusrhacid prior to the discovery of BAR 3877-11, but its leg bones are immensely wide and stocky for their length, and its tarsometatarsi are between 50 and 60% the length of its tibiotarsi.
Archive 2006-11-01 Darren Naish 2006
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What is almost certainly a non-American phorusrhacid was reported in 1987 … from the Eocene of Antarctica (Case et al. 1987).
Archive 2006-11-01 Darren Naish 2006
hernesheir commented on the word phorusrhacid
The strings -usrh- and -srha- in this (fossil) bird word must be pretty rare.
October 12, 2011