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Dromornis

Dromornis (planei (P. Rich, 1979)

Bullockornis planei (P. Rich, 1979)

 

Class: Aves

Order: †Gastornithiformes

Family: †Dromornithidae

Temporal range: during the Miocene (Australia)

Dimensions:height - 300 сm, weight - 500 kg

 

 

Dromornis - an extinct family of Dromornithidae, one of the largest birds in the history of the Earth. These birds belong to the order Anseriformes and were close relatives of modern ducks and geese. At the height of Dromornis stirtoni was about 3m and weighed about 500 kg. Lived in Australia, the Middle Miocene, about 6 million years ago. They were probably omnivorous.
Previously it was thought that Dromornis stirtoni and Epyornis maximus were the largest (heavy) birds in the history of the fauna. However, recently paleontologists have found a skull of a previously unknown species phorusrhacid, who was given the name Kelenken guillermoi.

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Dromornis (planei (P. Rich, 1979)

Bullockornis planei (P. Rich, 1979)

 

Class: Aves

Order: †Gastornithiformes

Family: †Dromornithidae

Temporal range: during the Miocene (Australia)

Dimensions:height - 300 сm, weight - 500 kg

 

 

Dromornis - an extinct family of Dromornithidae, one of the largest birds in the history of the Earth. These birds belong to the order Anseriformes and were close relatives of modern ducks and geese. At the height of Dromornis stirtoni was about 3m and weighed about 500 kg. Lived in Australia, the Middle Miocene, about 6 million years ago. They were probably omnivorous.
Previously it was thought that Dromornis stirtoni and Epyornis maximus were the largest (heavy) birds in the history of the fauna. However, recently paleontologists have found a skull of a previously unknown species phorusrhacid, who was given the name Kelenken guillermoi.

Reviews (5):
Alimerad
06.06.2020
فکر کنم بزرگترین پرنده شکاری اونزمان بوده اخه نسبت به هرچی مرغ دهشتناک یا کاستورنیس پرندکان غیر پروازی شکارچی دیدم به این بزرگی نمیرسید به هر حال خدا رحمتش کنه
Gulf
02.04.2019
Giant chicken.
Митрич
09.12.2018
Реконструкция, конечно, грамотная, слов нет. Что это гусеобразный - по пильчатым краям клюва и заметно, а вот чисто внешне - ничего гусиного! Однако, таковы выкрутасы природы. Интересно, а что же поедал этот "гусек", чтобы нагнать свои полтонны веса? Неужели противоестественно своей породе хищничал или все же обходился большой растительной биомассой? Неужели свободные экологические ниши могли позволить какому-то древнему "недо-гусю" перейти на сырую плоть или падаль?
scoobydoobydoo
27.07.2018
meh what who cares i totally understand cool bro
Lindsy
07.08.2012
Is it possible to place them next to a nest with eggs?