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distinct genus and species of giant ground bird; in 1876, he named the remains Diatryma gigantea ( ), from the Ancient Greek ??????u? (diatrema), meaning "through a hole", in reference to the large foramina (perforations) that penetrated some of the foot bones. In 1894, a single gastornithid toe bone from New Jersey was described by Cope's "rival" Othniel Charles Marsh,

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