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Phorusrhacids are an extinct group within Cariamiformes, the only living members of which are the two species of seriemas in the family Cariamidae. While they are the most taxon-rich group within Cariamiformes, the interrelationships between phorusrhacids are unclear due to the incompleteness of their remains. [37]
Map of Collón Curá Formation outcrops; the holotype was found in Comallo (8, middle) Comparison between skulls of large phorusrhacids. In their 2007 description, Bertelli and colleagues classified Kelenken as a member of the family Phorusrhacidae, based on its enormous size, combined with its sideways compressed, strongly hooked beak (or rostrum, the part of the jaws that formed the beak ...
Psilopterus bachmanni (Moreno & Mercerat, 1891) [3] is the smallest species of phorusrhacid, rivaled only by P. affinis.The species (and genera) is defined by the upper portion of a fused ankle and leg bone (the lectotype MLP-168 is a tarsometatarsus).
The researchers said it sheds new light on what the region looked like millions of years ago and the food chain there. Scientists think the region was humid and full of rivers and other water bodies.
Devincenzia was one of the largest representatives of Phorusrhacidae. It had a skull length of 65 centimetres (2.13 ft) long, and it surpassed the type genus Phorusrhacos, whose total height is given at about 2.4 metres (7.9 ft), making it potentially the largest phorusrhacid. [3] It probably resembled its relatives Phorusrhacos and Kelenken ...
Binomial name. †Lavocatavis africana. Mourer-Chauviré et al., 2011. Lavocatavis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bird from the Eocene of Algeria. A fossilized femur was described from the Glib Zegdou Formation in 2011 and is the only known specimen of Lavocatavis. The species was designated L. africana. [1]
Phorusrhacos was part of the group called the Phorusrhacidae, which is an extinct group of flightless, cursorial carnivorous birds that occupied one of the dominant, large land-predator niches in South America from the lower Eocene to the Pleistocene. They dispersed into North America during the Great American Biotic Interchange (~3 Ma).
Goff went on to throw for 315 yards and three touchdowns, David Montgomery ran for two scores and Detroit blew out Dallas 47-9 on Sunday, handing the Cowboys a fourth consecutive lopsided loss at ...