Temporal range: Oligocene-Early Miocene (Deseadan) ~29.0–21.0 Ma
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A sketch of the holotype specimen's skull
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Cariamiformes
Family:
†Phorusrhacidae
Subfamily:
†Patagornithinae
Genus:
†Andrewsornis Patterson, 1941
Species:
†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 Oligocene Argentina. Fossils have been found in the Sarmiento Formation, and possibly the Agua de la Piedra Formation.[1]
Patagornithinae, with Patagornis as the type genus, that included Andrewsornis and Andalgalornis. Andrewsornis is similar to Patagornis and Andalgalornis in that they...
Argentina) – includes Morenomerceraria, Palaeociconia, Tolmodus Genus Andrewsornis (Middle to Late Oligocene (Deseadan) Agua de la Piedra Formation of southern...
though apparently not as high as in patagornithines, such as Patagornis, Andrewsornis, and Andalgalornis. The front end of the premaxilla (the frontmost bone...
the fenestra antorbitalis of Patagornis is moderately sloped, while at Andrewsornis it is strongly sloping and at Andalgalornis only slightly sloping. Alvarenga...
kept this species in Phororhacos. Brodkorb assigned the species to Andrewsornis in 1967, but this is no longer considered accurate. The most recently...
with Physornis fortis in 1967, but it could also be synonymous with Andrewsornis abbotti, making it a species inquirenda. In 1982, Herculano Alvarenga...
Sodnomyn Damdinbazar. The first holotype specimen of the prehistoric bird Andrewsornis abottii was discovered. Paleontologist John Bernard Abbott of the U.S...
Coniopternium and Fieratherium. Terror birds reminiscent of the terror bird Andrewsornis and indeterminate remains of the phorusrhacid family have found in conjunction...
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