-
other named taxa of
pseudotooth birds might belong in
Pelagornis too. The type
species Pelagornis miocaenus is
known from
Aquitanian (Early Miocene) sediments...
-
flying bird of all time,
Argentavis was
likely surp****ed in
wingspan by
Pelagornis sandersi,
which is
estimated to have
possessed wings some 20%
longer than...
- – 2–3 species?
Pelagornis? cf.
Osteodontornis (Capadare
Middle Miocene of
Cueva del Zumbador, Venezuela) cf. Osteodontornis/
Pelagornis (?Middle/Late Miocene...
- 2013
study on the
growth pattern and
structure of the
pseudoteeth in
Pelagornis mauretanicus shows more
support of
Odontoanserae as both
groups have "soft...
-
known to have existed, only
likely exceeded by
measurement of
wingspan by
Pelagornis sandersi,
discovered in 1983.
Fossil remains of this
species have been...
- Buffrénil, V. (2013). "Structure and
Growth Pattern of
Pseudoteeth in
Pelagornis mauretanicus (Aves, Odontopterygiformes, Pelagornithidae)". PLOS ONE....
- the
largest terrestrial mammal that ever lived.
First pelicans. 25 Ma
Pelagornis sandersi appears in the
fossil record, the
largest flying bird that ever...
-
wingspan of Argentavis, the
largest flying bird
known 7.4 m –
wingspan of
Pelagornis, the bird with
longest wingspan ever. 7.5 m –
approximate length of the...
-
Pelagornis. Non-avian
dinosaurs died out in the Cretaceous–Paleogene
extinction event, but some
theropod dinosaurs survive to the
present day....
- of up to 1.75 m (5.7 ft) and a body
weight of at
least 71 kg (157 lb).
Pelagornis sandersi is
thought to have had an even
larger wingspan of
about 6.1–7...
