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    (Aves: Phorusrhacidae) basados en el análisis de estructuras biológicas [New contributions on the paleobiology of phororrhacids (Aves: Phorusrhacidae) based...
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    armed with sharp claws. Phorusrhacos was part of the group called the Phorusrhacidae, which is an extinct group of flightless, cursorial carnivorous birds...
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    relative of rheas, though Ray pushed Brodkorb to assign the fossils to Phorusrhacidae. Brodkorb published his description in 1963, naming the new genus and...
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    an extinct genus of giant flightless predatory birds in the family Phorusrhacidae or "terror birds" that lived during the Early Miocene (Deseadan) Fray...
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    includes the family Cariamidae (seriemas) and the extinct families such as Phorusrhacidae, Bathornithidae, Idiornithidae and Ameghinornithidae. Extant members...
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    Kelenken (category Phorusrhacidae)
    Bertelli and colleagues classified Kelenken as a member of the family Phorusrhacidae, based on its enormous size, combined with its sideways compressed,...
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    Andalgalornis is a genus of flightless predatory birds of the extinct family Phorusrhacidae (often called "terror birds") that lived in Argentina. The type and...
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    Herculano M. F. & Höfling, Elizabeth (2003): Systematic revision of the Phorusrhacidae (Aves: Ralliformes). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 43(4): 55-91 PDF fulltext...
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    fragmentary nature of the remains. Originally placed on the base of the Phorusrhacidae ("terror birds"), there are several different views on its classification...
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    100 kg (220 lb) Phorusrhacidae (terror birds) Cariamiformes Middle Miocene 24 Phorusrhacos longissmus 94 kg (207 lb) Phorusrhacidae (terror birds) Cariamiformes...
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    placed near the falcons, parrots, and passerines, as well as the extinct Phorusrhacidae (terror birds). The seriemas are large, long-legged territorial birds...
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    Psilopterus (category Phorusrhacidae)
    phorusrhacids became extinct. The most recent systematic revision of Phorusrhacidae placed Psilopterus within the subfamily Psilopterinae, along with the...
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    Andrés (May 2010). "The youngest record of phorusrhacid birds (Aves, Phorusrhacidae) from the late Pleistocene of Uruguay". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie...
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    evolution. There were families of flightless birds, such as the now-extinct Phorusrhacidae, that evolved to be powerful terrestrial predators. Taking this to a...
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    Paraphysornis (category Phorusrhacidae)
    The following phylogenetic tree shows the internal relationships of Phorusrhacidae under the exclusion of Brontornis as published by Degrange and colleagues...
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    Press, New York. Mayr, Gerald (2005). ""Old World phorusrhacids" (Aves, Phorusrhacidae): a new look at Strigogyps ("Aenigmavis") sapea (Peters 1987)". PaleoBios...
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    Cariamiformes, they are related to the still extant seriemas and the extinct Phorusrhacidae. They were likely similar in habits, being terrestrial, long-legged...
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    Andrewsornis (category Phorusrhacidae)
    an extinct genus of giant flightless predatory birds of the family Phorusrhacidae or "terror birds" that lived in Oligocene Argentina. Fossils have been...
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    fossils have been assigned to the Gruiformes, e.g., Ergilornithidae, Phorusrhacidae, Messelornithidae, Eogruidae, Idiornithidae, Bathornithidae, to name...
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    Patagornis (category Phorusrhacidae)
    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...
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    example, specimens have been assigned to xenarthra, didelphidae, and phorusrhacidae from Eocene North America and Europe (although these have been criticized)...
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    Quercy, France. Géobios 14, 637-647. Peters, Dieter Stefan (1987): Ein "Phorusrhacidae" aus dem Mittel-Eozän von Messel (Aves: Gruiformes: Cariamae). Documents...
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  • (2024). "The evolution and ecology of gigantism in terror birds (Aves, Phorusrhacidae)". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 291 (2021)...
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    Mesembriornis (category Phorusrhacidae)
    The following phylogenetic tree shows the internal relationships of Phorusrhacidae under the exclusion of Brontornis as published by Degrange and colleagues...
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    Montenegro F, Ubilla M (30 December 2017). "The last terror birds (Aves, Phorusrhacidae): new evidence from the late Pleistocene of Uruguay". PalZ. 92 (2):...
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    order Cariamiformes, which includes the modern seriemas and the extinct Phorusrhacidae, a group of flightless predatory birds mainly known from the Americas...
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    Procariama (category Phorusrhacidae)
    Ignacio (2012), "First record of Procariama simplex Rovereto, 1914 (Phorusrhacidae, Psilopterinae) in the Cerro Azul Formation (upper Miocene) of La Pampa...
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    Phorusrhacidae Brontornis? Macrornis? Paleopsilopterus? Patagorhacos?...
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    Ecophysiologist Steve Portugal and colleagues have hypothesised that the extinct Phorusrhacidae (terror birds) may have employed a similar hunting technique to secretarybirds...
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    Llallawavis (category Phorusrhacidae)
    (Aves: Phorusrhacidae) basados en el análisis de estructuras biológicas [New contributions on the paleobiology of phororrhacids (Aves: Phorusrhacidae) based...
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