Gastornis

id: gastornis-167-4211679
title: Gastornis
text: Gastornis is an extinct genus of large, flightless birds that lived during the mid-Paleocene to mid-Eocene epochs of the Paleogene period. Fossils have been found in Europe, Asia and North America, with the North American specimens formerly assigned to the genus Diatryma. Gastornis species were very large birds that were traditionally thought to have been predators of various smaller mammals, such as ancient, diminutive equids. However, several lines of evidence, including the lack of hooked cla
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category slug: encyclopedia
description: Extinct genus of birds
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastornis
date created: 2004-07-28T01:14:03Z
date modified: 2024-08-30T06:29:50Z
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image: {"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Gastornis%2C_a_large_flightless_bird_from_the_Eocene_of_Wyoming.jpg","width":2335,"height":3270}
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