Phorusrhacos

Summary

Phorusrhacos is a fossil taxon^[1]. Phorusrhacos ranks in the top 3% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Phorusrhacos's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[3].
• Phorusrhacos is classified at the rank of genus^[4].
• Phorusrhacos is classified within Phorusrhacidae^[5].
• Phorusrhacos's location of discovery is recorded as North America^[6].
• Phorusrhacos's location of discovery is recorded as South America^[7].
• Under binomial nomenclature, Phorusrhacos is Phorusrhacos^[8].
• Phorusrhacos's Commons category is recorded as Phorusrhacos^[9].
• Phorusrhacos began on -20000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[10].
• Phorusrhacos ended on -13000000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[11].
• Phorusrhacos's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[12].
• Phorusrhacos is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'terror bird'}^[13].
• Phorusrhacos's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2.4'}^[14].
• Phorusrhacos's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+190'}^[15].
• Phorusrhacos dates from the Early Miocene^[16].

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Classification

Phorusrhacos's scientific name is Phorusrhacos^[8]. Phorusrhacos is classified at the rank of genus^[4]. Phorusrhacos is classified within Phorusrhacidae^[5]. Phorusrhacos is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'terror bird'}^[13].

Identifiers

Phorusrhacos's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 526765^[17]. Phorusrhacos's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 52570751^[18]. Phorusrhacos's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4852246^[19].

Why It Matters

Phorusrhacos ranks in the top 3% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).^[2] Phorusrhacos has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[20] Phorusrhacos is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[21]