Terror-bird (NHMW-Geo 2012/0007/0001)

Description

3D scan of a Terror-bird model from the species *Paraphysornis brasiliensis*. Members of the Phorusrhacidae family are commonly known under the term “Terror-birds”. Species of these apex predators could reach a height up to 3 meters! They lived mainly in South America from the early Tertiary (55 million years ago) until the late glacial period. This model can be found in Hall 9 at the NHM Vienna. **Specimen**: *Paraphysornis brasiliensis* (Alvarenga, 1982) **Inventory number**: NHMW-Geo 2012/0007/0001 **Collection**: Natural History Museum Vienna, Geology & Paleontology Dept., Vertebrate Coll. (curator: Ursula Göhlich) Find out more about the NHMW [here](http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/en). Scanned and edited by Nikola Brodtmann, Anna Haider & Viola Winkler (NHMW) Scanner: Artec Leo. Infrastructure funded by the FFG.