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Giant ‘terror bird’ from South America is one of the largest ever found
Analyzing a leg bone from a fossil site in Colombia, scientists have identified a massive “terror bird” that lived about 12 million years ago.
A giant crocodilian killed the largest 'terror bird' ever found, 12 million years ago
Nearly 12 million years ago, the largest "terror bird" ever discovered was attacked and killed by a massive caiman, a 3D analysis of its fossilized leg suggests. Researchers described the fossil, which was found at the La Venta formation in the Tatacoa Desert of Colombia,
Huge terror bird fossil offers new insight into wildlife in South America 12 million years ago
While past terror bird fossils placed the meat-eating birds at 3 to 9 feet tall, new findings suggest that some were even bigger
12 Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals What May Be The Largest Terror Bird To Have Ever Lived
The previous tallest members of the family were almost 3 meters high, and this was probably substantially bigger.
Scientists discover the largest terror bird of all time
The fossil was on display in a museum, but unlabeled and hidden right under paleontologists’ noses for 20 years.
Fossil of huge terror bird offers new information about wildlife in South America 12 million years ago
Researchers including a Johns Hopkins University evolutionary biologist report they have analyzed a fossil of an extinct giant meat-eating bird — which they say could be the largest known member of its kind — providing new information about animal life in northern South America millions of years ago.
Ancient ‘terror birds’ were giant apex predators. Suspected new species is among the largest ever known
Analyzing a leg bone from a fossil site in Colombia, scientists have identified a massive “terror bird” that lived about 12 million years ago.
Rare 'Terror Bird' Fossil Found in Colombia Reveals the Enormous Size of a Prehistoric Predator
Nearly 20 years ago, while repairing a fence on his ranch in Colombia, fossil collector César Perdomo found the middle leg bone of a bird. The 12-million-year-old fossil, known as a tibiotarsus, belonged to a now-extinct creature in the Phorusrhacidae family,
New 'Terror Bird' Discovery Reveals Terrifying Size of Prehistoric Predator
A 12-million-year-old fossil has revealed what may be the largest known "terror bird" ever found, according to paleontologists.
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Fossil from huge 'terror bird' discovered for the first time in Colombia
The identification of part of the fossilized remains of a so-called "terror bird" species in South America has given researchers new insight into the apex predators ...
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This Flesh-Eating 'Terror Bird' May Have Stood Over 3 Meters Tall
Evolutionary biologist Federico Degrange from Argentina's Center for Research in Earth Sciences and colleagues found the bird ...
Paleontology breakthrough as size of 'terror bird' revealed by new 'biggest yet' discovery
A fearsome flesh-eating bird from the Phorusrhacid family - known as "terror birds" - may be the largest of its kind ever ...
Giant flesh-eating ‘Terror Bird’ fossil uncovered – but scientists find it was killed by even more terrifying beast
A FLESH-EATING bird has been uncovered after nearly 12 million years in a Colombian desert. Scientists revealed this extinct “Terror Bird” was the largest of its kind but explained which ...