Diatryma

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Job: Warrior Family: Rocs Crystal: Light Weak to: Ice

Diatryma

Zone	Level	Drops	Steal	Spawns	Notes
Eastern Altepa Desert	47 - 50	Diatryma Meat (???%) Giant Bird Feather (???%) Giant Bird Plume (???%)		7 Respawn: 5 minutes (G-6) (F-10) (G-10) (H-10) (I-10)	A, S
Misareaux Coast	47 - 51	Diatryma Meat (40.3%) Giant Bird Feather (16.7%) Giant Bird Plume (9.1%)		10 Respawn:5 minutes (G-5)	L, S
A = Aggressive; L = Links; S = Detects by Sight; H = Detects by Sound; HP = Detects Low HP; M = Detects Magic; Sc = Follows by Scent; T(S) = True-sight; T(H) = True-hearing; JA = Detects job abilities; WS = Detects weaponskills; Z(D) = Asleep in Daytime; Z(N) = Asleep at Nighttime

Historical Background

Diatryma was a giant carnivorous flightless bird which dominated in North America during the Paleocoene and Eocene Periods of the Tertiary era (65 mya- 55 mya). Diatryma stood 2m (6 feet) tall and had a giant beak. It was originally considered separate from the Genus Gastornis, which resided in Europe, but taxonomists decided the evidence indicated Gastornis and Diatryma were the same genus and Diatryma was folded into Genus Gastornis. Diatryma gigantea was considered the best speciment from this group. Diatryma, which means “through a hole”, was first described in 1876.