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Aepyornithidaegroup is extinct

Elephant Birds

Joseph W. Brown
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Containing group: Palaeognathae

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Scientific Name Aepyornis maximus
Reference Monnier, L. 1913. Paleontologie de Madagascar. VII. Les Aepyornis. Annals de Palaeontologie 8:125-172.
Specimen Condition Dead Specimen
Body Part skeleton
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Joseph W. Brown
University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

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