What does gastornithid mean?
Gastornithid means (zoology) Any extinct bird in the family Gastornithidae..
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(zoology) Any extinct bird in the family Gastornithidae..
However, as the beaks lack hooks typical for carnivorous birds, and calcium isotopes in the bones do not support a meat-based diet (Angst et al., 2014), it is now assumed that gastornithids were herbivores.
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Gastornithid means (zoology) Any extinct bird in the family Gastornithidae..
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However, as the beaks lack hooks typical for carnivorous birds, and calcium isotopes in the bones do not support a meat-based diet (Angst et al., 2014), it is now assumed that gastornithids were herbivores.
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