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Diatryma




Prounounced: dy-a-TRY-ma

Literally, "through a hole" (in the foot bones)

During the Eocene period, 50 million years ago, the giant reptiles were then extinct, and the mammals were still comparatively small. For a few million years Diatryma and other huge Predaceous birds became the dominant form of animal life on the earth.

      
      


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