Talk:Gastornis

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Hello everybody, for me Gastornis and Diatryma are two different species of preistorical birds as you can see here: if you have other sources, please report it. Thank you --Gaetanogambilonghi 10:14, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Here's a source stating that they are probably congeneric . It does reccomend more study be done to confirm this, but I'm not sure how old it is and if such a study was later performed. I think one comprimise here, since there is some uncertainty, would be to use one article for both Gastornis and Diatryma, fixing the taxobox so it refers to the family Gastornithidae rather than the genus Gastornis (to which Gastornithidae redirects anyway).Dinoguy2 13:08, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
 * The BSC-EOC link is not reliable, it jumbles together certainly invalid taxa ("Cathyornithiformes" or "Graculavidae" for example). Dysmorodrepanis 04:41, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

I really think it's best that Gastornis and Diatryma are seperate. They could just be subspecies, and I really don't find it nessecary. I'd be like having Asian lion redirect to Lion, even though they are seperate animals. --67.162.31.74 01:18, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

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No room in the inn
There was no room for this picture without making the article look rubbish, so I've placed it here until the article can be expanded... Thanks, Spawn Man 09:06, 24 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Adding now... Spawn Man 06:14, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

pron. of Diatryma
Per the Greek, the stress should be on the a. If it is on the y, that would normally be pronounced eye, not ee. Do we have any ref that it's DYE-a-TREE-ma? kwami (talk) 19:25, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

Ice Age 2: The Meltdown?
"Several diatrymas appeared in the 2006 film Ice Age: The Meltdown." I'm not sure this is true. I've seen this several times and I don't remember any Gastornis/Diatrymas characters. There were a whole bunch of Dodos though. Don't remember any other birds. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.133.210.75 (talk) 17:57, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I actually caught a bit of this movie on TV the other day... There's a red flightless bird character that looks like a gastornithid but I don't know if it's ever identified as such (I don't know why everyone's whinging about dinosaurs in the new sequel, the Meltdown was pretty darn anachronistic as it is! T. rex isn't very far from Gastornis in time). Should probably be removed. Dinoguy2 (talk) 19:18, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Actually, it *was* a diatryma: it said so in the credits. But if you feel it should be removed, then so be it.  There's a Wikia branch dedicated to "Ice Age" where it'll likely find a place.--KnowledgeLord (talk) 06:28, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Etymology change
Since there is some discrepancy as to the etymology of Gastornis (stomach-bird vs. Gaston's bird), I have taken the liberty of removing the "stomach-bird" etymology. The Greek root would be gastro-, so the Gaston's bird seems more likely. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.21.186.35 (talk) 04:54, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
 * It is supposed to be Gaston's bird. Apparently someone with very poor Greek stuck that in.--Mr Fink (talk) 05:15, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Extinction
There is no discussion of the extinction of this species. Normally this would have its own section. The only indication at all is given tangentially in the "Footprints" section, saying "The problem with these early trace fossils is that no fossil of Gastornis has been found to be younger than about 45 million years". Please add more info. Fig (talk) 16:58, 15 March 2014 (UTC)
 * This would only have a section when known (or at least if there are theories). And it isn't known for this bird. FunkMonk (talk) 18:08, 15 March 2014 (UTC)

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Gender
If the species Diatryma gigantea is transferred to Gastornis, the species name has to be G. giganteus, because Greek ornīs ‘bird’ is masculine. N. Pharris (talk) 05:26, 4 June 2024 (UTC)