Aepyornis
Aepyornis is an Elephant bird, one of three genera of ratite birds endemic to Madagascar until their extinction about 1000 A.D. The species "A". maximus weighed up to Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value)., and until recently was regarded as the largest known bird of all time. However, in 2018 the largest Aepyornis specis, weighing up to Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value)., was moved to the related genus Vorombe.[2]
| Aeyornis Temporal range: Quaternary
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| Aepyornis maximus skeleton and egg | |
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| Order: | Aepyornithiformes |
| Family: | †Aepyornithidae |
| Genus: | †Aepyornis |
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Aepyornis hildebrandti | |
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| Map of Madagascar showing where A. hildebrandti (b) and A. maximus (c) specimens have been found | |
Aepyornis Media
Aepyornis eggs, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Brands, S. (2008)
- ↑ Hansford, J. P.; Turvey, S. T. (2018-09-26). "Unexpected diversity within the extinct elephant birds (Aves: Aepyornithidae) and a new identity for the world's largest bird". Royal Society Open Science. 5 (9): 181295. doi:10.1098/rsos.181295. PMC 6170582. PMID 30839722.