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Bookmark or Share- Elephant bird | Summary & Facts | BritannicaThe fossilized remains of elephant bird eggs are also relatively common. Their eggs were the largest eggs laid by any animal. The egg length and width of A. maximus ranged between 26.4 and 34 cm (10.4 and 13.4 inches) and 19.4 and 24.5 cm (7.6 and 9.6 inches), respectively.
- DNA From Fossil Eggs Reveals How Giant Elephant Birds LivedIn life, some species of elephant bird laid eggs up to 10kg in weight – the volume of about 150 chicken eggs, and larger than dinosaur eggs. Gifford Miller. A patchy record. Yet there is still debate about how many species of elephant bird there actually were. At one time, 16 species were named based on differences found between skeletal fossils.
- Aepyornis - WikipediaAepyornis is an extinct genus of elephant bird formerly endemic to Madagascar. The genus had two species, the smaller A. hildebrandti and the larger A. maximus, which is possibly the largest bird ever to have lived. [2] . Its closest living relative is the New Zealand kiwi. [3] .
- Giant, Intact Egg of the Extinct Elephant Bird Found in Buffalo Museum ...With a volume roughly equal to that of 150 chicken eggs, a single elephant bird egg could feed multiple families. Humans pillaged the elephant birds’ nests, which likely played a role in...
- Elephant bird - WikipediaTwo whole eggs have been found in dune deposits in southern Western Australia, one in the 1930s (the Scott River egg) and one in 1992 (the Cervantes egg); both have been identified as Aepyornis maximus rather than Genyornis newtoni, an extinct giant bird known from the Pleistocene of Australia.
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