Bird
Dromornis
Dromornis stirtoni was a giant Australian flightless bird with a massive head and deep bill.
Dromornis stirtoni was a giant Australian flightless bird with a massive head and deep bill. Its lineage differed from that of ostriches and emus.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Dromornis at a glance
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Its feeding anatomy is interpreted as adapted to plant food.
- When it lived
- Late Miocene
- Group
- Dromornithidae
- Dromornithids
Beyond the game
The real Dromornis
Dromornis stirtoni was a giant Australian flightless bird with a massive head and deep bill. Its lineage differed from that of ostriches and emus.
The substantial skull and legs define its heavy-bodied silhouette. It belonged to an Australian bird lineage separate from both living ostriches and South American terror birds.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: Paleobiology Database and linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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