Phorusrhacidae

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title: Phorusrhacidae
text: Phorusrhacids, colloquially known as terror birds, are an extinct family of large carnivorous, mostly flightless birds that were among the largest apex predators in South America during the Cenozoic era. Their definitive fossil records range from the Middle Eocene to the Late Pleistocene around 43 to 0.1 million years ago, though some specimens suggest that they were present since the Early Eocene. They ranged in height from 1 to 3 m. One of the largest specimens from the Early Pleistocene of Ur
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description: Extinct family of flightless birds
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phorusrhacidae
date created: 2004-11-16T15:36:28Z
date modified: 2024-09-09T02:37:12Z
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