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English: Size chart comparison between some of the largest described phorusrhacid species:
  •   Kelenken guillermoi → Height = ~3 metres (9.8 ft).[1]
  •   Devincenzia pozzi → With a 65 centimetres (26 in) long skull,[1] size extrapolated after Kelenken.
  •   Phorusrhacos longissimus → Height = ~Equivalent to Titanis.[2]
  •   Titanis walleri → Height = ~1.4–1.9 metres (4.6–6.2 ft).[3]

Human for scale is 1.8 meters tall.

References

  1. ↑ a b "Neogene Birds of South America" in (2013) South American and Antarctic Continental Cenozoic Birds, Springer Briefs in Earth System Sciences, Springer, pp. 59–86 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5467-6_7. ISBN: 978-94-007-5466-9.
  2. ↑ (2003). "Systematic revision of the Phorusrhacidae (Aves: Ralliformes)". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 43 (4): 55–91. DOI:10.1590/S0031-10492003000400001.
  3. ↑ (2005). "Titanis walleri: bones of contention". Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 45 (4): 201–229. DOI:10.58782/flmnh.xumx1681.
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