Procariama

In Depth        Although Procariama was one of the famous South American ‘terror birds’ it was actually one of the smallest being of a comparable size to Psilopterus and Paleopsilopterus, the other members of the Psilopterinae sub group. As such Procariama would have had a focus upon smaller prey animals that were too small for the … Read more

Psilopterus

In Depth        Being one of the smallest members of the Phorusrhacidae,‭ ‬Psilopterus was no way near the scale of the larger phorusrhacids like Brontornis.‭ ‬However the exact size of Psilopterus is something that is hard to be certain about as not only do estimates depend upon the specific species,‭ ‬but there is an outside chance … Read more

Paleopsilopterus

In Depth        Paleopsilopterus is one of the smallest and by far earliest of the terror birds with fossils dating back as far as sixty million years ago.‭ ‬In a world that had seen the disappearance of the dinosaurs under five million years before its existence,‭ ‬Paleopsilopterus thrived and was likely the form that would go … Read more