other named taxa of pseudotooth birds might belong in Pelagornis too. The type species Pelagornis miocaenus is known from Aquitanian (Early Miocene) sediments...
33 KB (3,467 words) - 08:28, 18 November 2024
largest wingspan of all time likely belonged to Pelagornis sandersi at roughly 5.2 m (17 ft). P. sandersi was also likely the largest bird to ever fly....
84 KB (8,724 words) - 06:09, 11 November 2024
although it was surpassed in wingspan after the 2014 description of Pelagornis sandersi, which is estimated to have possessed wings some 20% longer than...
21 KB (2,466 words) - 06:23, 18 November 2024
have existed, only likely exceeded by measurement of wingspan by Pelagornis sandersi, discovered in 1983. Fossil remains of this species have been dated...
15 KB (1,662 words) - 07:46, 12 November 2024
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 6.1–7.4 m...
169 KB (16,654 words) - 13:59, 18 November 2024
include a giant terror bird, an armored glyptodont, the giant seabird Pelagornis sandersi, a hyaenodont, and fossil crocodilians of the era, especially champsosaurs...
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largest terrestrial mammal that ever lived. First pelicans. 25 Ma Pelagornis sandersi appears in the fossil record, the largest flying bird that ever lived...
85 KB (4,733 words) - 00:20, 3 November 2024
Size comparison of Hatzegopteryx (red) with Pelagornis sandersi (orange) and royal albatross (green)...
34 KB (3,638 words) - 16:24, 5 November 2024
The museum is also home to the only known fossil of the extinct Pelagornis sandersi, which is possibly the largest flying bird ever discovered. The museum...
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largest flying birds of all time other than Argentavis were the huge Pelagornis, Cyphornis, Dasornis, Gigantornis and Osteodontornis.[citation needed]...
390 KB (40,732 words) - 14:57, 18 November 2024