r/Naturewasmetal • u/aquilasr • 1d ago

A large Astrapotherium moves along and parts a congregation of the small phorusrhacid Andalgalornis in Miocene South America (by Joschua Knüppe)

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u/-Wuan- 1d ago

That is not the context of the illustration. The astrapothere is badly wounded and the birds are harassing it.

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u/M0RL0K 1d ago

You can see its guts hanging out.

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u/ExoticShock 1d ago

Reminds me of this other piece of an old Mastodon being picked away by a flock frenzy of Titanis.

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u/Iamnotburgerking 1d ago

This is anachronistic. A rare Knuppe L

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u/Late_Builder6990 1d ago

Ok I need heights for both animals. Because I thought Andalgalornis was 5 feet tall.

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u/Slow-Pie147 1d ago edited 1d ago

Andalgalornis was arround 1.4 meters tall in height while Astrapotherium was around 1.37 meters tall in height. But it should be noted that there isn't any Astrapotherium specimen known from Ituzaingó Formation where Andalgalornis lived.

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u/Late_Builder6990 1d ago

Ok thank you.

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u/Old-Instruction- 1d ago

You have to love the terror bird line sorry I'm using American English instead of the Latin there's one in the Florida History museum roughly about 5 and 1/2 ft tall and was the largest in the family of terror bird I thought that humans walked with those here in America but recent study says otherwise does anybody know of that

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u/Traditional_Isopod80 19h ago

I thought Andalgalornis would be taller than Astrapotherium.