Chilean Toothed-gull

Pelagornis chilensis

Pelagornis chilensis

“ All is going on as it was wont. The waves are hoarse with repetition of their mystery; the dust lies piled upon the shore; the seabirds soar and hover; the winds and clouds go forth upon their trackless flight; the white arms beckon, in the moonlight, to the invisible country far away. ”

– Charles Dickens

Scientific Taxonomy & Character Information

Domain: Eukaryota

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Reptilia

Order: Odontopterygiformes

Family: Pelagornithidae

Genius: †Pelagornis

Species: †Pelagornis chilensis

Descendant: Pelagornids

Named by: Gerald Mayr and David Rubilar-Rogers

Year Published: 2010

Size: 6.0 m (20 ft) long in length (wingspan); 3.2 m long in length (body); 1.25 cm tall in height; 400 kg in weight

Lifespan: 15 to 40+ years

Type: 

Title: 

Pantheon: Terran/Gaian

Time Period: Late Oligocene–Early Pleistocene (Chattian–Gelasian) - 25–2.5 Ma 

Alignment: Neutral

Threat Level: ★★★

Diet: Carnivorous 🥩🐟🥓🪲

Elements: Water, air, combat, dark

Inflicts: Waterblight, bleeding, vomitblight

Weaknesses: Rock (50% immune), electric, combat, fae

Casualties: ???

Based On: itself

Conservation Status: 

Pelagornis chilensis is the extinct species of Pelagornis from the Bahía Inglesa Formation of Chile, while other material from this formation as well as remains from the Pisco Formation of Peru are from the Late Miocene to Early Pliocene.

Etymology

In Greek and Latin words for pelagic bird.

Physical Appearance

A relative of modern seagulls, Pelagornis is instantly recognizable from the more common terns and gulls by its size, than the albatross. With a wingspan rivaling Argentavis, it also possesses a beak filled with tooth-like projections for snagging fish, as well as webbed feet for paddling upon the ocean surface when it must rest its wings.

Abilities

Pelagornis uses their sharp tooth-like or knob-like extensions of the bill's margin, called "pseudo-teeth," which would have enabled the living animal to better grip and grasp slippery prey and piercing unprotected parts of the body.

Weaknesses

Because of their ability to fly, ranged or magic weaponry is recommended.

Ecology

When on water, Pelagornis lands safely and becomes a fast swimmer. Soaring above the oceans and mountains of what's now Chile between five and ten million years ago, the newly discovered species, named Pelagornis chilensis, was part of a prehistoric group known as the bony-toothed birds. The hollow spikes on the birds' beaks allowed the predators to grab slippery squid and fish from the ocean.

Behavior

Pelagornis are naturally shy creatures that will fly away at the first sign of conflict.

Distribution and Habitat

Fossils of Pelagornis have been found in.


Tamed

Pelagornis will not eat normal raw or cooked meats, rather than eat dead fish both chick and adult only brought by a survivor.

Lore

 It is not clear whether the South American fossils – of similar size and age and not including directly comparable bones – are from one or two species. The only known Pelagornis in South America.

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