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Titanis is a genus of phorusrhacid, an extinct family of large, predatory birds, in the order Cariamiformes. The first fossils were unearthed in Florida and were named Titanis walleri in 1963. The holotype material is fragmentary – only an incomplete right tarsometatarsus (lower leg bone) and phalanx (toe bone) – but comes from one of the largest phorusrhacid individuals known. Titanis had elongated hind limbs, a thin pelvis, proportionally small wings, and a large skull with a hooked beak. A 2005 estimate placed Titanis at 2 to 2.5 meters (6.6 to 8.2 ft) in height and 200 kilograms (440 lb) in weight. Titanis was likely one of several apex predators in its ecosystem. Titanis is known from the Pliocene deposits of Florida, southern California, and southeastern Texas, which had large open savannas and a menagerie of mammalian megafauna. Titanis is unique among phorusrhacids as the only one known from North America, crossing over from South America during the Great American Interchange. (Full article...)
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Hi Augustios Paleo and congratulations. A draft blurb for this article is above. Thoughts, comments and edits from you or from anyone else interested are welcome. Gog the Mild (talk) 20:08, 13 September 2023 (UTC)