Mechanical Analysis of Feeding Behavior in the Extinct “Terror Bird” Andalgalornis steulleti (Gruiformes: Phorusrhacidae)

The South American phorusrhacid bird radiation comprised at least 18 species of small to gigantic terrestrial predators for which there are no close modern analogs. Here we perform functional analyses of the skull of the medium-sized (∼40 kg) patagornithine phorusrhacid Andalgalornis steulleti (uppe...

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Autores principales: Degrange, Federico J., Tambussi, Claudia P., Moreno, Karen, Witmer, Lawrence M., Wroe, Stephen
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2923598/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20805872
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011856

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2923598/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20805872
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011856

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