At least 20 species comprised the Phorusrhacidae family, some of which are estimated to have weighed as much as 770 lbs. Despite their height and weight, ...

At least 20 species comprised the Phorusrhacidae family, some of which are estimated to have weighed as much as 770 lbs. Despite their height and weight, ...

The two differ in that Diatryma was a herbivore, whereas Phorusrhacidae was carnivorous. As Mayr said of the discovery in a ...

The Phorusrhacidae appeared about 62 million years ago, shortly after the extinction of non-avian dinosaurs, and throughout their long evolutionary history, they developed an impressive diversity of ...

Phorusrhacidae 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 different ...

The information from the scan was then modelled in 3D, as was data from an eagle and the closest thing to a relative of Phorusrhacidae that we have: the seriema.

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