Andalgalornis

Andalgalornis
Temporal range: Late Miocene (Huayquerian)
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CT scan of the skull of P 14357, holotype of A. ferox in the collections of the Field Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cariamiformes
Family: †Phorusrhacidae
Subfamily: †Patagornithinae
Genus: †Andalgalornis
Patterson & Kraglievich, 1960
Species:
†A. steulleti
Binomial name
†Andalgalornis steulleti
(Kraglievich, 1931)
Synonyms
List
  • Phororhacos steulleti Kraglievich, 1931
  • Phororhacos deautieri Kraglievich, 1931
  • Andalgalornis ferox Patterson & Kraglievich, 1960
  • Phorohacos deautieri Kraglievich, 1931

Andalgalornis is a genus of flightless predatory birds of the extinct family Phorusrhacidae (often called "terror birds") that lived in Argentina. The type and only species is A. steulleti.

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