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Terror Birds were the dominant predators in South America for around 55-million years after the extinction of the dinosaurs.
Gastornis (formerly known as Diatryma here in the USA) is another large bird that terrorized early mammals in similar fashion but went extinct around the time that mammalian predators crossed a landbridge to north america. They're not directly related to other Terror Birds.
These guys are some of my favorites, proof that Dinosaurs really died out only about 2 million years ago...
really were axebeaks
Until mankind invented the omelette.
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I so want to see soem sort of timeline that breaks down which animals were around at which times. That way I can see which ones were still around 10 thousand years ago and may have interacted with modern man, and such.
This might interest you then. However, it seems that while man existed in other parts of the world at the same time that the Terror Birds were nearly extinct or completely extinct by the time man arrived in North America around 15,000 years ago.
Still, who is to say there was never a meeting? The last of the Titanis seeing the first of the Americans. One probably ate the other. :P
These guys are some of my favorites, proof that Dinosaurs really died out only about 2 million years ago...
Or they didn't die out at all and are doing just fine, thank you very much.
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Or they didn't die out at all and are doing just fine, thank you very much.
These guys are some of my favorites, proof that Dinosaurs really died out only about 2 million years ago...
Yes; technically all birds are dinosaurs.
EDIT: and guys like Triceratops, Stegosaurus, Apatosaurus etc are properly ‘non-avian dinosaurs’.
Or they didn't die out at all and are doing just fine, thank you very much.
These guys are some of my favorites, proof that Dinosaurs really died out only about 2 million years ago...
Exactly, because what the government has refused to tell you, is that they discovered a hidden valley of dinosaurs decades ago, deep in the South American jungles. The CIA took control of the place, and began training several of the more violence-capable species as wet-works assets.
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I so want to see soem sort of timeline that breaks down which animals were around at which times. That way I can see which ones were still around 10 thousand years ago and may have interacted with modern man, and such.This might interest you then. However, it seems that while man existed in other parts of the world at the same time that the Terror Birds were nearly extinct or completely extinct by the time man arrived in North America around 15,000 years ago.
Still, who is to say there was never a meeting? The last of the Titanis seeing the first of the Americans. One probably ate the other. :P
I had seen that one before. I may have to break down and do some research and just make a comprehensive list myself.
What made the "terror birds" go extinct? Did they have trouble competing with the newer mammalian carnivores?
So Taikwan-dodos were real?
Yet another reason to make a time-machine...
What made the "terror birds" go extinct? Did they have trouble competing with the newer mammalian carnivores?
The race died out when the females started insisting on kissing before mating. Poor cluckers killed themselves necking.
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Hyaenodonts supposedly drove the Gastornis and its relatives into extinction in Europe and North America by about 55 million years ago. It's thought that pack tactics made them superior to the Gastornis in ability to predate and scavenge.
Smilodon, the quintessential Sabre Tooth, existed for millions of years along side the Phorusrhacids but they're often blamed for their extinction. I'm not sure that's the case. It's likely that their habitat or prey was changing. They died off around the same time that many other large mammalian predators did as well, so it's really a matter of debate.
Hyaenodonts supposedly drove the Gastornis and its relatives into extinction in Europe and North America by about 55 million years ago. It's thought that pack tactics made them superior to the Gastornis in ability to predate and scavenge.
Smilodon, the quintessential Sabre Tooth, existed for millions of years along side the Phorusrhacids but they're often blamed for their extinction. I'm not sure that's the case. It's likely that their habitat or prey was changing. They died off around the same time that many other large mammalian predators did as well, so it's really a matter of debate.
I think it was their attitude: If had ben Hyaenodos instead of -donts, they would have made it in this world ;-P
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What these critters need are better names.
Axebeak
and
Sabretooth
are great.Hyaenodonts
and
Gastornis
not so much.Any ideas?
I rather like Hyaenodon, it evokes a creature that looks familiar (like a Hyena) but more ancient. Still, they could be like a Dire Hyena or a Lesser Leucrotta.
You're right, Gastornis is terrible. Striders, Sprinters, Dire Goose? I don't rightly know.
Dire Boar would look something like this. Dire Wolf also existed.
Almost what I was looking for
Its fun viewing and very high quality compared to pretty much everything else out there.
I've seen lists of errors involved but, IMO, errors are minor and nothing a layman should really concern them self with. If your an expert in the field then one might quibble over the small stuff but for the rest of us the broad picture is reasonably close to correct for us to get the idea.
All that said this is not really what your looking for - its not a list just an overview.
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I had seen that one before. I may have to break down and do some research and just make a comprehensive list myself.I so want to see soem sort of timeline that breaks down which animals were around at which times. That way I can see which ones were still around 10 thousand years ago and may have interacted with modern man, and such.This might interest you then. However, it seems that while man existed in other parts of the world at the same time that the Terror Birds were nearly extinct or completely extinct by the time man arrived in North America around 15,000 years ago.
Still, who is to say there was never a meeting? The last of the Titanis seeing the first of the Americans. One probably ate the other. :P
In Australia and New zealand the Moa was still around till about the year 1400. It was also a gigantic bird. Humans helped drive that one too extinction.
In Australia and New zealand the Moa was still around till about the year 1400. It was also a gigantic bird. Humans helped drive that one too extinction.I'm pretty sure the Moa was just a New Zealand animal, the darn Aussies just like to try and steal our things. :p It was a herbivore, but probably still not a bird you'd like to meet in a dark alley!
Don't you guys still have the Emu.