geranoidids, gastornithiforms, and dromornithids (all extinct) all evolved similar body shapes - long legs, long necks and big heads - but none of them were closely related. Furthermore, they also share traits with some of the ratites of being giant, flightless birds with vestigial wings, long legs, and long necks, although they are unrelated.

History

Origins of flightlessness

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