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Teratornis merriami

Under revision. The skeletal of Teratornis merriami is being updated; this placeholder stands in so the page stays available, and the outdated version is withheld to avoid circulating it. If you have an older copy, please treat it as superseded.

Teratornis merriami — skeletal reconstruction under revision (placeholder silhouette).
Placeholder — skeletal under revision, not the current reconstruction
Taxon
Teratornis merriami Miller, 1909
View
Left lateral
Drawing
© Scott Hartman
Drawn
2010
Clade
  1. Theropoda
  2. Tetanurae
  3. Coelurosauria
  4. Maniraptoriformes
  5. Maniraptora
  6. Paraves
  7. Avialae
  8. Pygostylia
  9. Aves

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A large extinct bird of the Pleistocene, related to living condors and among the many species preserved in the La Brea tar pits of California. With a wingspan of up to 4 meters (14 feet), Teratornis was a soaring predator and scavenger that died out around the end of the last Ice Age. Alas, the skeletal is in need of revision, so it has gone on vacation until I can get around to redrawing it.

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