Ilbandornis

Taxobox
name = Ilbandornis
fossil_range = Late Miocene
status = Fossil
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Anseriformes
familia = Dromornithidae
genus = "Ilbandornis"
genus_authority = P. Rich, 1979
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = Ilbandornis lawsoni

Ilbandornis woodburnei

The "Ilbandornis" was an ostrich-sized animal, with slender legs than other "Dromornithids". The large bill of other species like "Bullockornis" and "Dromornis" indicates a carnivorous creature, while the gizzard and amino acid analysis of the eggs of "Genyornis" indicates "Ilbandornis" was herbivorous. As yet, the diet is in debate. Both species were found at the same locality in the Northern Territory at Alcoota Station, and dated to the Late Miocene. [http://www.amonline.net.au/birds/factsheets/thunder_birds.htm Accessed 2007/10/01]

See also

*Australian megafauna
*Dromornithidae
*History of Australia

References

* Rich, P. (1979): The Dromornithidae, an extinct family of large ground birds endemic to Australia. "Bureau of National Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin" 184: 1–196.