Most fossils have been found in Europe, and some species typically referred to the genus are known from North America and Asia. Several genera, including the well-studied genus Diatryma, have historically been considered junior synonyms of Gastornis.

Jan 31, 2025 · Diatryma, extinct, giant flightless bird found as fossils in Early Eocene rocks in North America and Europe (the Eocene Epoch lasted from 57.8 to 36.6 million years ago). Diatryma grew to a height of about 2 1/4 metres (7 feet).

Jan 27, 2025 · A forgotten fossil in a German museum turned out to be a rare Diatryma skull. Scientists corrected a decades-old misidentification.

Feb 8, 2019 · Aside from its numerous fossils, Gastornis is one of the few prehistoric birds to be associated with what appear to be its own eggs: shell fragments recovered from western Europe have been reconstructed as oblong, rather than round or ovoid, eggs measuring nearly 10 inches long and four inches in diameter.

Jan 22, 2025 · A nearly complete but strongly flattened skull of the ancient bird species Diatryma geiselensis has been discovered, after being misidentified and kept in a museum collection in Germany for over six decades.

Jan 22, 2025 · A 45-million-year-old fossil of the flightless bird Diatryma, initially misclassified, was rediscovered in the Geiseltal region of Germany.

Jul 12, 2010 · Fifty million years ago, when what is now Washington state was covered with a verdant subtropical rainforest, a 380-pound flightless bird called Diatryma stalked the floodplains of the region’s meandering rivers.

Jan 24, 2025 · The fossil of Diatryma was originally uncovered in the 1950s during excavations in a former lignite mining area. At the time, the fossil was misidentified as the skull of a crocodile , leading it to be classified incorrectly and largely forgotten within the collection for many years.

Jan 22, 2025 · Reconstruction of the complete skeleton of a Diatryma. Around 45 million years ago, a 4.6 feet-tall (1.40 metres) flightless bird called Diatryma roamed the Geiseltal region in southern...

Jan 22, 2025 · Around 45 million years ago, an intriguing creature known as Diatryma, a flightless bird measuring approximately 4.6 feet tall (1.40 meters), inhabited the lush, tropical swamps of the Geiseltal region in what is now southern Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.