Gastornis

Translingual

Wikispecies

Etymology

From French Gaston (after Gaston Planté, who discovered the fossils) + Ancient Greek ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”).

Proper noun

Gastornis m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Gastornithidae – large flightless birds that lived during the late Paleocene and Eocene epochs of the Cenozoic era.