Bird
Pelagornis
Pelagornis sandersi was a very large flying seabird with bony projections along its beak.
Pelagornis sandersi was a very large flying seabird with bony projections along its beak. Those pseudoteeth were outgrowths of bone rather than ordinary teeth.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Pelagornis at a glance
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Its teeth and feeding structures are interpreted as adapted to taking animal prey.
- When it lived
- Late Oligocene
- Group
- Pelagornithidae
- Bony-toothed birds
Beyond the game
The real Pelagornis
Pelagornis sandersi was a very large flying seabird with bony projections along its beak. Those pseudoteeth were outgrowths of bone rather than ordinary teeth.
The bony projections along its beak differed from true teeth. Its long wings are associated with an ocean-soaring body plan rather than the wing construction of a pterosaur.
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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