Phorusrhacidae - Wikipedia
WEBPhorusrhacids, colloquially known as terror birds, are an extinct family of large carnivorous, mostly flightless birds [ a ] that were among the largest apex predators in South America during the Cenozoic era.
The Last Terror Birds: A review of Phorusrhacids and their Plio ...
WEBSep 19, 2021 · These were the ’terror birds’, more rightly the members of the family Phorusrhacidae, whose outsized role in the prehistory of South America is matched only by their ubiquity in the prehistoric pop-culture of our modern day.
Terror Bird (Phorusrhacos) - Facts and Figures - ThoughtCo
WEBJan 31, 2019 · An in-depth profile of Phorusrhacos, the Terror Bird, including this prehistoric bird's characteristics, behavior and habitat.
Antarctica’s Terror Bird Was an Apex Predator of the Eocene Epoch
WEBApr 26, 2024 · The terror bird — an extinct group of carnivorous birds that once dominated the current territory of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay after the extinction of dinosaurs — persisted between 23 million years …
The evolution and ecology of gigantism in terror birds (Aves ...
WEBApr 24, 2024 · Terror birds (Aves, Phorusrhacidae) were large flightless apex predators in South America during the Cenozoic. Here, we estimate a new phylogeny for phorusrhacids using Bayesian inference.
Phorusrhacidae AKA Terror Birds | Paleontology World
WEBPhorusrhacids, colloquially known as terror birds, are an extinct clade of large carnivorous flightless birds that were the largest species of apex predators in South America during the Cenozoic Era; their conventionally accepted temporal range covers from 62 …
Phorusrhacos - Wikipedia
WEBPhorusrhacos was part of the group called the Phorusrhacidae, which is an extinct group of flightless, cursorial carnivorous birds that occupied one of the dominant, large land-predator niches in South America from the lower Eocene to the Pleistocene.
Meet the Terror Bird, a Bone-Smashing Beast That Once Roamed …
WEBPhorusrhacidae was a group of large, flightless, carnivorous birds that roamed Earth for about 60 million years, beginning in the early Cretaceous Period. Over time, they evolved into 25...
Insights on the oldest terror bird (Aves, Phorusrhacidae) from the ...
WEBJan 30, 2024 · Phorusrhacidae, commonly known as terror birds, constitutes a group of Cariamiformes that lived mainly in South America during the Cenozoic. The oldest record is represented by an isolated distal end of tibiotarsus (MLP-PV 75-II-3-22) discovered in the Lutetian (middle Eocene) levels of the Sarmiento Formation exposed in …
First terror bird footprints reveal functionally didactyl posture
WEBSep 30, 2023 · Terror birds (Aves, Phorusrhacidae) comprise the most outstanding group of South American Cenozoic avifauna, and have been considered dominant predators. Terrestrial habits were inferred using...
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