Bathornithidae
Biology
Biology
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Though some forms like *[Paracrax](/wiki/Paracrax "Paracrax") wetmorei* might have been capable of flight, most taxa were flightless, constituting examples of flightless birds in mammal dominated environments. *Paracrax gigantea*, *Paracrax antiqua* and the larger *[Bathornis](/wiki/Bathornis "Bathornis")* species in particular might have occupied macropredatory niches akin to that of phorusrhacids, the former and latter reaching heights of over 

*[Bathornis](/wiki/Bathornis "Bathornis")* proper appears to have favoured wetland environments. It was a highly diverse genus, spanning a wide variety of species at various sizes, from the [Eocene](/wiki/Eocene "Eocene") to the [Miocene](/wiki/Miocene "Miocene").


How tall were Bathornis species?