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ANDREWSORNIS
(an-dru-sor-niss)
meaning: "Andrew's bird"
Andrewsornis
Named By: Patterson in 1941
Time Period: Oligocene-Early Miocene (Deseadan)~29.0-21.0 Ma
Location: Argentina
Size: Up to 1.7 meters tall
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Enough fossils to represent a single species
Classification: | Chordata | Aves | Cariamae | Phorusrhacidae | Patagornithinae |
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Andrewsornis is an extinct genus of giant flightless predatory birds of the family Phorusrhacidae or "terror birds" that lived in Argentina. Fossils have been found in the Agua de la Piedra Formation.

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