Huge carnivorous ‘terror bird’ rivalled the giant panda in size
18 hours ago · Federico Degrange at the Center for Research in Earth Sciences in Córdoba, Argentina, and his colleagues looked for terror-bird fossils in the La Venta site in Colombia, one of the richest fossil ...
Rare 'Terror Bird' Fossil Found in Colombia Reveals the Enormous …
6 days ago · The 12-million-year-old fossil, known as a tibiotarsus, belonged to a now-extinct creature in the Phorusrhacidae family, which was made up of mostly flightless, giant, meat-eating birds known ...
'Terror bird' fossil discovered, identified in Colombia - USA TODAY
Nov 5, 2024 · The researchers said in their findings published Monday in the Papers in Palaeontology journal that unique features about the leg bone suggest the bird is a previously undiscovered species ...
New 'Terror Bird' Discovery Reveals Terrifying Size of Prehistoric ...
Nov 4, 2024 · A 12-million-year-old fossil of a prehistoric "terror bird" discovered in South America might represent the largest known member of its kind found to date, a study ...
This Flesh-Eating 'Terror Bird' May Have Stood Over 3 Meters Tall
Nov 4, 2024 · The recently analyzed fossil suggests this specimen was far larger than its relatives, which have been estimated to range from 1 to 3 meters (3 and 9 feet) in height. It also bears signs of how this fearsome predator likely met its end – in the jaws of an even more terrifying beast. Evolutionary biologist Federico Degrange from Argentina's ...
Huge terror bird fossil offers new insight into wildlife in South ...
Nov 4, 2024 · 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. The evidence lies in the leg bone of the ...
Fossil of huge terror bird offers new information about wildlife in ...
Nov 4, 2024 · Evolutionary biologists 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 ...
12 million-year-old terror bird fossil reveals ancient South
Mon, November 4, 2024, 3:17 AM EST · 3 min read. 12 million years ago, a fearsome predator roamed the ancient landscapes of South America. It was a giant, flightless bird popularly known as a ...
Ancient ‘terror birds’ were giant apex predators. Suspected new …
5 days ago · Analyzing a leg bone from a fossil site in Colombia, scientists have identified a massive “terror bird” that lived about 12 million years ago.
Ancient ‘terror birds’ were giant apex predators. Suspected ... - MSN
The suspected new species was slightly taller than a terror bird from what’s now Brazil called Paraphysornis brasiliensis, which stood nearly 8 feet (2.4 meters) tall.