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Any of various large birds of prey, now extinct, living in North and South America, of the family Teratornithidae.
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Teratorn — ist die Bezeichnung für verschiedene Neuweltgeier mit Riesenwuchs, hierzu zählen Teratornis merriami Argentavis magnificens Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort bezeichneter Be … Deutsch Wikipedia
teratorn — /ˈtɛrətɔn/ (say teruhtawn) noun a prehistoric bird as tall as a human being, with a wingspan of over four metres; believed to have been the world s largest flying bird. {terato + Greek orn(is) bird} …
Teratornis — merriami Temporal range: Early Pleistocene Late Pleistocene T. merriami skeleton from the La Brea tar pits Conservation status … Wikipedia
Argentavis — Taxobox name = Giant Teratorn image width = 250px fossil range = Late Miocene regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Ciconiiformes familia = †Teratornithidae genus = †Argentavis genus authority = Campbell Tonni, 1980 species =… … Wikipedia
Teratornithidae — Taxobox name = Teratornithidae status = Fossil image caption = Teratornis regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Ciconiiformes familia = †Teratornithidae familia authority = L. H. Miller, 1909 subdivision ranks = Genera… … Wikipedia
Aiolornis — Taxobox name = Aiolornis incredibilis status = fossil fossil range = Early Pliocene Late Pleistocene regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Ciconiiformes familia = Teratornithidae genus = Aiolornis genus authority = Campbell,… … Wikipedia
List of North American megafauna — Megafauna are large animals (for definitions, see Megafauna). This list includes extant and recently extinct (in the Pleistocene) native North American (north of Mexico) species with a body mass of 40 kg or greater, the minimal mass to be… … Wikipedia
Teratornis merriami — Teratornis de Merriam Rango fósil: Pleistoceno Inferior Pleistoceno Superior … Wikipedia Español
Teratornithidae — Skelett von Teratornis merriami im La Brea Tar Pits Museum Zeitraum oberes Oligozän bis Pleistozän 25 bis 0,126 Mio. Jahre Fundorte … Deutsch Wikipedia
Wingspan — The wingspan (or just span) of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from the left wingtip to the right wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about 60 m (200 feet).The term wingspan, more technically extent, is also used for… … Wikipedia
