Paraphysornis
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Paraphysornis is an extinct genus of giant flightless terror birds that inhabited Brazil during Late Oligocene or Early Miocene epochs.
Quinta da Boa Vista Museu Nacional esqueleto dinossauro
Model at the Natural History Museum, Vienna
Reconstructed skull
Life restoration
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
Paraphysornis
…Paraphysornis is an extinct genus of giant flightless terror birds that inhabited Brazil during Late Oligocene or Early Miocene epochs. The holotype (DGM-1418-R) and only known fossil was discovered by a mining company…
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