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English: Size chart comparison between some of the described aepyornithiformes (elephant bird) species:
  •   Aepyornis maximus → Height = 2.7–3 metres (8.9–9.8 ft).[1][2]
  •   Aepyornis hildebrandti → Height = Compared to A. maximus, around ~2 metres (6.6 ft).[2]
  •   Mullerornis modestus (M. agilis?) → Height = 1.49 metres (4.9 ft).[1]

Human for scale is 1.8 meters tall.

References

  1. ↑ a b (2016). "Preliminary assessment of bone histology in the extinct elephant bird Aepyornis (Aves, Palaeognathae) from Madagascar". Comptes Rendus Palevol 15 (1-2): 197−208. DOI:10.1016/j.crpv.2015.01.003.
  2. ↑ a b “Aepyornithiformes”, in Palaeobiology of Extinct Giant Flightless Birds, Elsevier, 2017, DOI:10.1016/b978-1-78548-136-9.50003-9, pages 65–94
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