Phorusrhacos
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Phorusrhacos (/ˌfɔːrəsˈrɑːkɒs/ FOR-əs-RAH-koss) is an extinct genus of giant flightless terror birds that inhabited South America during the Miocene epoch. Phorusrhacos was one of the dominant land predators in South America at the time it existed.[1] It is thought to have lived in woodlands and grasslands.
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Phorusrhacos | |
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Reconstructed skull, Natural History Museum, Karlsruhe | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Cariamiformes |
Family: | †Phorusrhacidae |
Subfamily: | †Phorusrhacinae |
Genus: | †Phorusrhacos Ameghino, 1887 |
Type species | |
†Phorusrhacos longissimus Ameghino, 1887 | |
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