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544 / Cenozoic
Eremopezus
Eremopezus eocaenus
Robust leg bones belonged to a giant flightless African bird whose skull remains unknown.
View original image · 1600 × 1067- Time range
- About 37–33 million years ago
- Final stage
- Late Eocene
- Geographic range
- Lake margins and wet plains · Egypt
01 / DEFINITION & ECOLOGY
What was Eremopezus?
Eremopezus (Eremopezus eocaenus) was an extinct organism known from About 37–33 million years ago, with a range in Lake margins and wet plains · Egypt.
Life and ecology
It probably ate plants, invertebrates or mixed foods on river-lake plains.
02 / DISAPPEARANCE
Why did Eremopezus disappear?
Latest Eocene drying and wetland change in North Africa are possible context; the fossil record does not establish a specific cause.
03 / EVIDENCE
How do scientists know about Eremopezus?
Feet and legs establish size; missing skull material leaves affinity and diet open.
04 / SOURCES & FURTHER READING
Check the source record
Use the scientific name to compare taxonomy, occurrence records and the fossil record. Database coverage and classifications may differ.
05 / REVISION HISTORY
How has this record changed?
- Rewrote an extinction cause that presented environmental or faunal turnover as established; it is now given as context the record does not prove.
- Verified authoritative entity sources and added three responsive reconstruction sizes.
- Initial bilingual species record published.
06 / CORRECTIONS & ADDITIONS