Brontornis burmeisteri VFB Paleoart Raphus cucullatus

Raphus cucullatus

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a fossil-rich area that has provided valuable information about the dinosaur fauna of that time

its imposing figure stands out against the horizon

Brontornis burmeisteri VFB Paleoart Raphus cucullatusBrontornis (B. burmeisteri "Thunderbird") giant flightless herbivorous bird from South America that was the largest species of its group with a height of around 2. 80 meters and an estimated weight of 350 400 kg that lived in the Time of Lower Middle Miocene of the Neogene. A new phylogenetic study of the species Brontornis burmeisteri places it as a member of the Anseriformes group and not a terror bird, as had been proposed to date, so it would be