Brontornis

Brontornis
Temporal range: Early-Mid Miocene (Santacrucian-Laventan)
~17.5–11.6 Ma
Fossil femur
Fossil tarsometatarsus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Infraclass: Neognathae
Genus: †Brontornis
Moreno & Mercerat 1891
Type species
†Brontornis burmeisteri
Moreno & Mercerat 1891
Synonyms
Genus synonymy
  • Rostrornis Moreno & Mercerat 1891
  • Liornis Moreno & Mercerat 1891 (in part)
Species synonymy
  • Rostrornis floweri Moreno & Mercerat 1891
  • Brontornis platyonyx Ameghino 1895
  • Liornis floweri Ameghino 1895

Brontornis is an extinct genus of giant bird that inhabited Argentina during the Early to Middle Miocene.[1] Its taxonomic position is highly controversial, with authors alternatively considering it to be a cariamiform, typically a phorusrhacid (terror bird) or an anserimorph.

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