Brontornis

Brontornis; Temporal range: Early-Mid Miocene (Santacrucian-Laventan); ~
	Fossil femur
	Fossil tarsometatarsus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Infraclass:	Neognathae
Genus:	†Brontornis; Moreno & Mercerat 1891
Type species
	†Brontornis burmeisteri; Moreno & Mercerat 1891
Synonyms
	Genus synonymy Rostrornis Moreno & Mercerat 1891 ; Liornis Moreno & Mercerat 1891 (in part) ; Species synonymy Rostrornis floweri Moreno & Mercerat 1891 ; Brontornis platyonyx Ameghino 1895 ; Liornis floweri Ameghino 1895 ;

Brontornis is an extinct genus of giant bird that inhabited Argentina during the Early to Middle Miocene. Its taxonomic position is highly controversial, with authors alternatively considering it to be a cariamiform, typically a phorusrhacid (terror bird) or an anserimorph.

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