kenbrasai: kenbrasai:kenbrasai:kenbrasai:Bathornis veredus sketch by @paleoart. For use in Wik
kenbrasai: kenbrasai: kenbrasai: kenbrasai: Bathornis veredus sketch by @paleoart. For use in Wikipedia Easily the most underated of all theropods, Bathornis was a highly successful genus of predatory, flightless birds related to the more iconic terror birds and the modern seriemas, spawning several species across the Eocene to Miocene… in North America. Some of these were as large as modern ratites at over 1,20 meters of height, ergo the genus’ name, “tall bird”. One species, Bathornis grallator (aka “Neocathartes”), has a reasonably preserved skull, which indicates that these were, in fact, predators. Hunting leaves one spleepy, which is why this one is yawning. Better version now: Further completed: Final version: -- source link