Ilbandornis
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| Ilbandornis Fossil range: Late Miocene |
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The Ilbandornis was an Ostrich size animal, with slender legs than other Dromornithids. The large bill of other species like Bullockornis and Dromornis indicates a carnivoreous lifestyle while the gizzards and amino acid analysis of the eggs of Genyornis indicates a herbivoreous lifestyal. But as yet the diet of this genera is in debate. Both species were found at the same locality in the Northern Territory at Alcoota Station dated to the Late Miocene . [1]
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- Rich, P. (1979): The Dromornithidae, an extinct family of large ground birds endemic to Australia. Bureau of National Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 184: 1–196.
- ^ http://www.amonline.net.au/birds/factsheets/thunder_birds.htm Accessed 2007/10/01
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