Patagornis
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Patagornis is a genus of extinct 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] Patagornis was an agile, medium sized Patagornithine and was likely a pursuit predator.
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Patagornis | |
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Skull of BMNH-A516 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Cariamiformes |
Family: | †Phorusrhacidae |
Subfamily: | †Patagornithinae |
Genus: | †Patagornis Moreno & Mercerat, 1891 |
Type species | |
Patagornis marshi Moreno & Mercerat, 1891 | |
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