Brontornis
Extinct genus of birds / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Brontornis is an extinct genus of giant bird that inhabited Argentina during the Early to Middle Miocene.[1] Its taxonomic position is highly controversial, with authors alternatively considering it to be a cariamiform, typically a phorusrhacid (terror bird) or an anserimorph.
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Infraclass: | Neognathae |
Genus: | †Brontornis Moreno & Mercerat 1891 |
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†Brontornis burmeisteri Moreno & Mercerat 1891 | |
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