Titanis - Wikipedia
Brodkorb published his description in 1963, naming the new genus and species Titanis walleri. The generic name, Titanis, references the Greek Titans, due to the bird's large size, and the specific name, walleri, honors Waller, one of the collectors of the type specimen.
Titanis walleri – Florida Vertebrate Fossils - Florida Museum
Nov 28, 2012 · Titanis walleri belongs to the family Phorusrhacidae, an extinct group of Tertiary birds otherwise known only from South America. Titanis is the only confirmed member from North America. They were large, predatory, flightless birds that grew to around 5 feet tall.
Titanis walleri (Brodkorb 1963), more commonly known as the North American ‘Terror Bird’, is one of the larg-est known phorusrhacids, an extinct group of flightless carnivorous birds from the Tertiary of South America, and most likely, the last known member of its lineage (Brodkorb 1967; Tonni 1980; Marshall 1994; Alvarenga & Höfling 2003).
Phorusrhacidae - Wikipedia
Titanis walleri, one of the larger species, is known from Texas and Florida in North America. This makes the phorusrhacids the only known large South American predator to migrate north in the Great American Interchange that followed the formation of the Isthmus of Panama land bridge (the main pulse of the interchange began about 2.6 Ma ago ...
Revised age of the late Neogene terror bird ( Titanis ) in North ...
Feb 1, 2007 · The giant flightless terror bird Titanis walleri is known from Florida and Texas during the late Neogene. The age of T. walleri is problematic because this taxon co-occurs with temporally mixed (i.e., time-averaged) faunas at two key sites.
Terror Bird – Rare, Beautiful & Fascinating: 100 Years …
Terror Bird (Titanis walleri) Sculpture based on fossils from Citrus & Columbia Co., Florida. Lived ~2.3-1.8 million years ago. Collection. Vertebrate Paleontology. Story. 00:00. The Florida Terror Bird, scientifically Titanis walleri, was first discovered in the Santa Fe River in the early 1960s.
When Birds Ruled the Earth - BirdNote
A bird known as Titanis walleri made its home in Florida just a few million years ago. Titanis, as its name suggests, was titanic indeed - a flightless predator, ten feet tall, with a massive hooked bill.
'Terror Bird' Arrived In North America Before Land Bridge, Study …
Jan 24, 2007 · A University of Florida-led study has determined that Titanis walleri, a prehistoric 7-foot-tall flightless “terror bird,” arrived in North America from South America long before a land...
Terror Birds Ain’t What They Used to Be – A Titanis Take-Down
Feb 12, 2011 · Instead of yet another bloodthirsty fish from the deep sea or a genetic experiment gone awry, he settled on Titanis walleri, one of the great ‘terror birds’ from the recent fossil record of...
The Scary Truth About The Extinct Titanis - Grunge
Oct 18, 2021 · According to National Geographic, one member of this group that not only managed to survive this competition, but thrive upon moving north, was Titanis walleri. As one of the larger phorusrhacids at 5 feet tall, this animal terrorized North America for centuries. Titanis likely pecked prey to death. Shutterstock.
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