Phorusrhacos

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What Wikipedia says

Phorusrhacos (meaning "bearer of scars" or "bearer of wrinkles") is an extinct genus of phorusrhacid, a group of predominantly large, predatory flightless birds commonly known as terror birds. It lived during the Early to Middle Miocene, approximately 18–13 million years ago, in what is now southern Argentina.

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