Andrewsornis
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Andrewsornis is an extinct genus of giant flightless predatory birds of the family Phorusrhacidae or "terror birds" that lived in Oligocene Argentina. Fossils have been found in the Sarmiento Formation, and possibly the Agua de la Piedra Formation.[1]
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Andrewsornis | |
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A sketch of the holotype specimen's skull | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Cariamiformes |
Family: | †Phorusrhacidae |
Subfamily: | †Patagornithinae |
Genus: | †Andrewsornis Patterson, 1941 |
Species: | †A. abbotti |
Binomial name | |
†Andrewsornis abbotti Patterson, 1941 | |
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