Phorusrhacos
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Phorusrhacos is an extinct genus of phorusrhacid, an extinct group of predatory, typically large and flightless birds. It lived during the Early to Middle Miocene epoch of the Neogene in what is now s
Photograph of the holotype from Degrange and colleagues (2019)
Portrait of Francisco Moreno, Ameghino's competitor
Tarsometatarsus of Liornis floweri, a synonym of P. longissimus named by Dolgopol de Sáez (1927)
Skulls of Phorusrhacinae and Andalgalornis (a possible phorusrhacine)
Kelenken
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Kelenken is a genus of phorusrhacid, an extinct group of large, predatory birds, which lived in what is now Argentina in the middle Miocene about 15 million years ago. The only known specimen was disc
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…lb), making it among the largest phorusrhacids. However, it was more lithe and cursorial (built for running) than the similarly-sized phorusrhacids Kelenken and Devincenzia. Being a phorusrhacid, it has an elongated, tall skull with a sharp beak. In anterior (front) view, the skull is laterally compressed…
Kelenken skeleton
Diagram showing known remains
Reconstructed skull and neck, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Chile