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    other named taxa of pseudotooth birds might belong in Pelagornis too. The type species Pelagornis miocaenus is known from Aquitanian (Early Miocene) sediments...
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    largest wingspan of all time likely belonged to Pelagornis sandersi at roughly 5.2 m (17 ft). P. sandersi was also likely the largest bird to ever fly....
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    bird of all time, Argentavis was likely surpassed in wingspan by Pelagornis sandersi, which is estimated to have possessed wings some 20% longer than...
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    have existed, only likely exceeded by measurement of wingspan by Pelagornis sandersi, discovered in 1983. Fossil remains of this species have been dated...
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    to 1.75 m (5.7 ft) and a body weight of at least 71 kg (157 lb). Pelagornis sandersi is thought to have had an even larger wingspan of about 6.1–7.4 m...
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    Size comparison of Hatzegopteryx (red) with Pelagornis sandersi (orange) and royal albatross (green)...
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  • largest terrestrial mammal that ever lived. First pelicans. 25 Ma Pelagornis sandersi appears in the fossil record, the largest flying bird that ever lived...
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    giant terror bird, an armoured glyptodont, a giant seabird called Pelagornis sandersi, a hyaenodont, and fossil crocodilians of the era, especially champsosaurs...
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    The museum is also home to the only known fossil of the extinct Pelagornis sandersi, which is possibly the largest flying bird ever discovered. The museum...
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    largest flying birds of all time other than Argentavis were the huge Pelagornis, Cyphornis, Dasornis, Gigantornis and Osteodontornis.[citation needed]...
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