Centrornis majori

† Centrornis majori is the type species of the extinct aepyornithid genus Centrornis, known from subfossil material recovered in Madagascar. Named in honor of ornithologist Oldfield Thomas, who worked extensively on Malagasy fauna, this large flightless herbivore browsed on vegetation in Madagascar's diverse Holocene habitats. A relative of the elephant birds (Aepyornis), it disappeared following Polynesian and later human settlement of Madagascar, contributing to the island's Holocene megafaunal collapse.