けものフレンズBBS NEO

けものフレンズBBS NEO

お題に沿ってオリフレを作るスレ / 1248
1248
イベ晶/クロコの人 2026/07/14 (火) 18:58:00

ヘラクレスオウム
クソデカいカカポの親戚

Heracles inexpectatus
Heracles inexpectatus is a giant fossil parrot species from New Zealand, assigned to a monotypic genus Heracles, that lived during the early Miocene approximately 16 to 19 million years ago. The species was described from two tibiotarsus fossils discovered in 2008 at Saint Bathans, Otago, New Zealand. It is believed that the species stood up to 90 cm (2 ft 11 in) tall and weighed approximately 7 kg (15 lb). Initial analysis suggests that this parrot is from the order Psittaciformes and from the superfamily Strigopoidea, which consists of three confirmed primitive genera of parrots: Nestor (kea and kākā), Strigops (kākāpō) and the fossil Nelepsittacus. It may have been the ancestor of the kākāpō. The species was likely flightless, and its robust beak could crack open more than the conventional parrot foods of fruit, nuts, and berries. Like the kākāpō, Heracles may have used its strong beak to...
Wikipedia

通報 ...