Uploaded August 2010 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
bit.ly/1U98aTd Research on the anatomy and feeding mechanics of extinct phorusrhacids ("terror birds") was published in an article in PLoS ONE (bit.ly/aQr9ND). The animation of the skull of the terror bird Andalgalornis shows CT-scan slices going through the skull (revealing the source data for much of the research), as well as a series of powerful downward bites followed by pulling back of the skull by the neck. Andalgalornis was an extinct, 4.5-feet-tall, flightless predatory bird found as 6-million-year-old fossils in northwestern Argentina. Movie by Ryan Ridgely & Lawrence Witmer, Courtesy of WitmerLab at Ohio University. Loan of the Andalgalornis skull courtesy of the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. For more on terror birds and the PLoS ONE article, please visit http://www.ohio.edu/witmerlab For more info and content, please visit facebook.com/witmerlab
bit.ly/1U98aTd Research on the anatomy and feeding mechanics of extinct phorusrhacids ("terror birds") was published in an article in PLoS ONE (bit.ly/aQr9ND). The animation of the skull of the terror bird Andalgalornis shows CT-scan slices going through the skull (revealing the source data for much of the research), as well as a series of powerful downward bites followed by pulling back of the skull by the neck. Andalgalornis was an extinct, 4.5-feet-tall, flightless predatory bird found as 6-million-year-old fossils in northwestern Argentina. Movie by Ryan Ridgely & Lawrence Witmer, Courtesy of WitmerLab at Ohio University. Loan of the Andalgalornis skull courtesy of the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. For more on terror birds and the PLoS ONE article, please visit http://www.ohio.edu/witmerlab For more info and content, please visit facebook.com/witmerlab
