1982 in paleontology
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Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks, burrows, cast-off pa
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Arstanosaurus
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Phorusrhacidae
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Phorusrhacidae, colloquially known as terror birds, is a family of large carnivorous, mostly flightless birds that includes possibly several subfamilies containing many genera, including the eponymous
1982 in paleontology
…brasiliensis Valid Sp. nov. Herculano M. F. de Alvarenga Late Oligocene or Early Miocene Upper Deseadean, Tremembé Formation Brazil A Gruiformes, Phorusrhacidae Ameghino, 1889, Brontornitinae Moreno et Mercerat, 1891, in 1993 Alvarenga mede it the type species of his new genus Paraphysornis. Pleotis liui Valid…
Skeleton of Titanis at the Florida Museum of Natural History
Phorusrhacinae skulls compared
The red-legged seriema, the closest living relative of phorusrhacids
Reconstructed skeleton of Paraphysornis at the Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro