Strigogyps
Sign in to saveStrigogyps is an extinct genus of prehistoric bird from the Middle Eocene to Early Oligocene of France and Germany. It was probably around the size of a large chicken or a guan, weighing not quite . Apparently, as indicated by the ratio of lengths of wing to leg bones, S. sapea was flightless. Its legs were not adapted to running, so it seems to have had a walking lifestyle similar to trumpeters. Unlike other Cariamiformes which appear to have been mostly carnivorous, the specimens of one species, Strigogyps sapea, suggest a facultatively herbivorous or omnivorous diet.
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Gli ameghinornitidi (Ameghinornithidae) sono un gruppo di uccelli estinti, appartenenti ai gruiformi. Vissero tra l'Eocene medio e l'Oligocene inferiore (circa 50 - 32 milioni di anni fa) e i loro resti fossili sono stati ritrovati in Europa e (forse) in Africa e in Asia.
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