- the
apparent close relationship between gastornithids and waterfowl, some
researchers classify gastornithids within the
anseriform group itself. Others...
-
paleontologists also have
support in
placing mihirungs (Dromornithidae) and
Gastornithids into this group, as they too also
share anatomical features in the skull...
-
members of
Anseriformes related to
modern screamers,
while recovering gastornithids as
members of the Galliformes. They also
found weak
support for the...
- like the albatross-like
pseudotooth birds and the
giant flightless gastornithids and
mihirungs have been
found to be stem-anseriforms
based on common...
- to Megapodiidae, and were most
closely related to the
extinct giant gastornithids. Worthy, T., Mitri, M., Handley, W., Lee, M., Anderson, A., Sand, C...
- In the
earlier part of the Cenozoic, the
world was
dominated by the
gastornithid birds,
terrestrial crocodylians like Pristichampsus,
large sharks such...
-
paleognaths evolved to
large size on
Gondwanan land m****es and Europe.
Gastornithids and at
least one
lineage of
flightless paleognath birds originated in...
- (although it is
placed more
centrally relative to the
condyles than in
gastornithids), the
extensor sulcus is
relatively deep, and the pons supratendineus...
-
giant basal anseriformes, in
chronological order of divergence: the
gastornithids (Gastornis and kin), Brontornis, and
finally the
mihirungs of Australia...
- a
large pangalliform with a
specialized high bill
convergent with
Gastornithids and Dromornithids.
Hawaiian lobelioids Cyanea spp.
Hawaii Spines or...
