Brontornis
| Brontornis | |
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| 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 | |
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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.