Reconstructions of some phorusrhacids compared to the extant Cariama. (A) Cariama cristata; (B) Mesembriornis milneedwardsi; (C) Psilopterus bachmanni; (D) Andalgalornis steuletti; (E) Phorusrhacus longissimus; (F) Paraphysornis brasiliensis; and (G) Brontornis burmeiteri. A man’s silhouette (1.75 m) is used as scale. (Drawing by Eduardo Brettas.)
From: ‘Living dinosaurs : the evolutionary history of modern birds’
edited by Gareth Dyke and Gary Kaiser.
Gareth Dyke & Gary Kaiser, 2011. Living Dinosaurs: the Evolutionary History of Modern Birds. John Wiley & Sons (Chichester, UK), pp. 422. ISBN 978-0-4706-5666-2. Hardback, index, refs.
Dyke & Kaiser’s Living Dinosaurs: the Evolutionary History of Modern Birds | Tetrapod Zoology, Scientific American Blog Network http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/2012/08/26/dyke-kaiser-living-dinosaurs-the-evolutionary-history-of-modern-birds/
