article_snippet.sent: The two-metre gastornis was a flightless creature which lived in Europe between 40 and 55 million years ago.
article_snippet.sent: Because of The two-metre gastornis size and ominous appearance, The two-metre gastornis was thought to be a top carnivore.
article_snippet.sent: But a team of German researchers, who studied fossilised remains of the beasts found in a former open cast coal mine, say a team of German researchers, who studied fossilised remains of the beasts found in a former open cast coal mine believe it was actually not a meat eater.
article_snippet.sent: Palaeontologists in the US have also found footprints believed to belong to the American cousin of gastornis, and these do not show the imprints of sharp claws, used to grapple prey, that might be expected of a raptor.