Bird
Phorusrhacos
Phorusrhacos longissimus was a large flightless bird with long legs and a deep, hooked beak.
Phorusrhacos longissimus was a large flightless bird with long legs and a deep, hooked beak. It belonged to the South American terror birds.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Phorusrhacos at a glance
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Its teeth and feeding structures are interpreted as adapted to taking animal prey.
- When it lived
- Miocene
- Group
- Phorusrhacidae
- Terror birds
Beyond the game
The real Phorusrhacos
Phorusrhacos longissimus was a large flightless bird with long legs and a deep, hooked beak. It belonged to the South American terror birds.
Its body combined a heavy head with a strong neck and long running legs. The reduced wings belonged to a flightless bird rather than a four-limbed predatory dinosaur.
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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