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I don't know the policy regarding the language of references, and since the only reference I found regarding physics of this species is in Spanish, I just included it. I understand that it won't be useful to everyone, but I feel it's better than nothing. Tjunier 16:43, 2004 Mar 16 (UTC)
I made a separate page for Teratornithidae and linked pages 'Teratorn' and 'Teratorns' there. -- Mikoyan21 22:23, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
It's http://discovermagazine.com/2005/dec/largest-pterosaurs. I would add it but I don't know how to do a citation. 122.105.220.129 ( talk) 08:19, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
"Mass: 70 kg (140–240 lb)" doesn't make sense. David Bofinger ( talk) 10:48, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
I rewrote the section on pterosaurs as the largest flyers ever, changing it from a reference to Questzalcoatlus, to a reference of the entire azhdarchid group, naming a two of the bigger ones. I removed the remark about Pteranodon being the largest before their discovery, as I think it is of no interest to the readers of this specific page. I also removed the reference to Peter Wellnhofer (sp?) work, as the linked items on azhdarchids and species already contain many references. Jalwikip ( talk) 14:09, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
Why is the mention of pterosaurs even in this article. It is rather pointless. The person who created the article probably just used it as an excuse to write about pterosaurs.
The article seems to be a bit self-contradictory on this: it says that the bird was not suited for active hunting and probably preferred scavenging, and in the very next sentence it says the contrary. This should be clarified. Kolorado ( talk) 11:39, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
If it was suited for hunting, yikes! You'd better watch out for this guy. Perhaps it COULD hunt by lifting animals off of the ground, carrying them to a place and kill it and eat it. With wings the size on this bird, it could hunt like this for small HORSES! Dinotitan ( talk) 19:01, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
In response to the first question: I think it means others of the family.
Next: Reminds me of the Haast's eagle, in a way.
Entirely unrelated whatsoever: Does anyone recognize "a simple question of weight ratios" from Monty Python? Crimsonraptor | (Contact me) Dumpster dive if you must 19:44, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
"It's not a question of where he grips it!" Steamboat28 ( talk) 04:06, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
The Description section of this article is messy, inadequate, and just doesn't make much sense. It's just starts with a description of a damage humerus, which probably belongs in the "Size" section, and then has 2 sentences describing the shape of the bird. The rest of the article seems to have decent information, it just needs to be compiled together to make a clean, concise, and readable description section. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.17.110.197 ( talk) 07:29, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
Not sure how to edit these pages, or validate the info.
But was Pelagornis really larger? wingspan for Argentavis estimated 7m according to this Wiki, pelagornis 6.4 according to paper: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2014/07/02/1320297111.abstract — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hypnotosov ( talk • contribs) 00:10, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
I read this article twice to figure out when this bird lived, without success. The info may be in there somewhere, but should be put in the first section. -- Bep ( talk) 00:40, 25 July 2014 (UTC)
There is a another version of this article in other languages but is not connected with this one and I don't know how to merge it. I leave the link here in case someone can merge them. Here the wikidata Clunhair ( talk) 15:47, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
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PRIMAL S2E6, Argentavis is depicted centrally for about 6 minutes of the 22m episode. They are drawn to be more condor- or vulture-like in appearance even than in the article photo. Drsruli ( talk) 01:10, 29 August 2022 (UTC)
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I don't know the policy regarding the language of references, and since the only reference I found regarding physics of this species is in Spanish, I just included it. I understand that it won't be useful to everyone, but I feel it's better than nothing. Tjunier 16:43, 2004 Mar 16 (UTC)
I made a separate page for Teratornithidae and linked pages 'Teratorn' and 'Teratorns' there. -- Mikoyan21 22:23, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
It's http://discovermagazine.com/2005/dec/largest-pterosaurs. I would add it but I don't know how to do a citation. 122.105.220.129 ( talk) 08:19, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
"Mass: 70 kg (140–240 lb)" doesn't make sense. David Bofinger ( talk) 10:48, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
I rewrote the section on pterosaurs as the largest flyers ever, changing it from a reference to Questzalcoatlus, to a reference of the entire azhdarchid group, naming a two of the bigger ones. I removed the remark about Pteranodon being the largest before their discovery, as I think it is of no interest to the readers of this specific page. I also removed the reference to Peter Wellnhofer (sp?) work, as the linked items on azhdarchids and species already contain many references. Jalwikip ( talk) 14:09, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
Why is the mention of pterosaurs even in this article. It is rather pointless. The person who created the article probably just used it as an excuse to write about pterosaurs.
The article seems to be a bit self-contradictory on this: it says that the bird was not suited for active hunting and probably preferred scavenging, and in the very next sentence it says the contrary. This should be clarified. Kolorado ( talk) 11:39, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
If it was suited for hunting, yikes! You'd better watch out for this guy. Perhaps it COULD hunt by lifting animals off of the ground, carrying them to a place and kill it and eat it. With wings the size on this bird, it could hunt like this for small HORSES! Dinotitan ( talk) 19:01, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
In response to the first question: I think it means others of the family.
Next: Reminds me of the Haast's eagle, in a way.
Entirely unrelated whatsoever: Does anyone recognize "a simple question of weight ratios" from Monty Python? Crimsonraptor | (Contact me) Dumpster dive if you must 19:44, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
"It's not a question of where he grips it!" Steamboat28 ( talk) 04:06, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
The Description section of this article is messy, inadequate, and just doesn't make much sense. It's just starts with a description of a damage humerus, which probably belongs in the "Size" section, and then has 2 sentences describing the shape of the bird. The rest of the article seems to have decent information, it just needs to be compiled together to make a clean, concise, and readable description section. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.17.110.197 ( talk) 07:29, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
Not sure how to edit these pages, or validate the info.
But was Pelagornis really larger? wingspan for Argentavis estimated 7m according to this Wiki, pelagornis 6.4 according to paper: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2014/07/02/1320297111.abstract — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hypnotosov ( talk • contribs) 00:10, 8 July 2014 (UTC)
I read this article twice to figure out when this bird lived, without success. The info may be in there somewhere, but should be put in the first section. -- Bep ( talk) 00:40, 25 July 2014 (UTC)
There is a another version of this article in other languages but is not connected with this one and I don't know how to merge it. I leave the link here in case someone can merge them. Here the wikidata Clunhair ( talk) 15:47, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page has been nominated for deletion:
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PRIMAL S2E6, Argentavis is depicted centrally for about 6 minutes of the 22m episode. They are drawn to be more condor- or vulture-like in appearance even than in the article photo. Drsruli ( talk) 01:10, 29 August 2022 (UTC)