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Eogruidae (also
spelled Eogruiidae in some publications) is a
family of large,
flightless birds that
inhabited Asia from the
Eocene to
Pliocene epochs...
- ratite-like birds, the
eogruiids. The most
recent consensus appears to be that
geranoidids are
outside of Gruoidea, with
eogruiids being more
closely related...
- and even the
larger terrestrial theropods (in the form of Gastornis,
eogruiids, bathornithids, ratites, geranoidids, mihirungs, and "terror birds")....
-
unambiguous ostriches are now
thought to have
evolved in Africa, with
eogruiids having occupied their ecological niche in Asia; likewise,
European ratites...
