Analyzing a leg bone from a fossil site in Colombia, scientists have identified a massive “terror bird” that lived about 12 ...
We usually think of birds as small and delicate, but did you know that some of the biggest birds in the world have special ...
The fossilized leg bone of the terror bird went unidentified for almost 20 years. Nearly 12 million years ago, the largest ...
The fossil was on display in a museum, but unlabeled and hidden right under paleontologists’ noses for 20 years.
Researchers confirm the terror bird fossil 20 years after its South American discovery, comparing the creature to a massive, ...
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The previous tallest members of the family were almost 3 meters high, and this was probably substantially bigger.
Terror birds were apex predators some 12 million years ago in South America. A newly published discovery could be the largest yet.