Pelagornis sandersi
Pelagornis sandersi is an extinct species of pseudotooth bird, whose fossil remains date from 25 million years ago, during the Chattian age of the Oligocene.[2] The sole specimen of P. sandersi has a wingspan estimated between aaproximately 6.06 and 7.38 m (19.9 and 24.2 ft),[1] giving it the largest wingspan of any flying bird yet discovered, twice that of the wandering albatross, which has the largest wingspan of any extant bird (up to 3.7 m (12 ft)).[3]
In this regard, it supplants the previous record holder, the also extinct Argentavis magnificens. The skeletal wingspan (excluding feathers) of P. sandersi is estimated at 5.2 m (17 f...read more