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    Miocene (Huayquerian). The type species, A. magnificens, is sometimes called the giant teratorn. Argentavis was among the largest flying birds to ever...
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    shorter and clearly more slender, indicating a more gracile build. Argentavis magnificens. A partial skeleton of this enormous teratorn was found from La...
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    been members of the Ciconiiformes. The heaviest flying bird ever, Argentavis magnificens, is part of a group, the teratorns, that is considered an ally of...
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    scientists also have found that an ancient relative of the condor, Argentavis magnificens from South America, may have been the largest flying bird ever with...
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    extinct Argentavis magnificens. The skeletal wingspan (excluding feathers) of P. sandersi is estimated at 5.2 m (17 ft) while that of A. magnificens is estimated...
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    comparatively slender frame. The heaviest bird ever capable of flight was Argentavis magnificens, the largest member of the now extinct family Teratornithidae, found...
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    "Ecological and reproductive constraints of body size in the gigantic Argentavis magnificens (Aves, Theratornithidae) from the Miocene of Argentina" (PDF). Ameghiniana...
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    2 m (7 ft 3 in) long. One of the heaviest flying birds of all time was Argentavis, a Miocene teratornithid. The immense bird had a wingspan estimated up...
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  • of some of the larger members of the teratorn family, including Argentavis magnificens (the largest of the teratorn family), pushed them to scavenging...
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    flight capabilities and distribution of the giant Miocene bird Argentavis magnificens (Teratornithidae)", Lethaia, 32 (4): 271–278, Bibcode:1999Letha...
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    the 1999 paper also differs from that of T. merriami and that of Argentavis magnificens in a number of ways, but most prominently in the fact that the facies...
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  • sp. Urumaco Birds Argentavis magnificens Andalhualá Pelagornis chilensis, Spheniscidae indet. Bahía Inglesa Argentavis magnificens, Eudromia sp. Epecuén...
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    indet. (Early Pliocene) †Teratornithidae Miller 1909– teratorns †Argentavis magnificens Campbell & Tonni 1980 (Late Miocene) †Aiolornis incredibilis (Howard...
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    second-largest flying birds known, surpassed only by the teratorn Argentavis magnificens. The head, from neck to bill-tip, measured about 40 centimetres...
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  • limit for weight in flying birds is at about 25 kg, the exceptional Argentavis magnificens with its size and weight of a good-sized adult human notwithstanding...
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  • Pliocene Shungura Formation, 1.94 My BP  Ethiopia An Ardeidae. Argentavis magnificens Gen. nov. et Sp. nov. Valid Kenneth E. Campbell, jr. Eduado P. Tonni...
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