Andrewsornis

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Andrewsornis
Temporal range: Oligocene-Early Miocene (Deseadan)
~29.0–21.0 Ma
A sketch of the holotype specimen's skull.
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Andrewsornis
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A. abbotti
Binomial name
Andrewsornis abbotti
Patterson 1941

Andrewsornis is an extinct genus of giant flightless predatory birds of the family Phorusrhacidae or "terror birds" that lived in Argentina. Fossils have been found in the Agua de la Piedra Formation.[1]

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