Modern, or recently extinct Palaeognathae birds and the sizes of the eggs they lay (IMAGE)

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Modern, or recently extinct Palaeognathae birds and the sizes of the eggs they lay

Caption

Image showing flightless or poorly-flighted modern, and recently extinct, Palaeognathae with their respective egg sizes. Lithornis, an ancient flying Palaeognathae is depicted and has an unknown egg size.

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Image credit: Hyunjoo Shin

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