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45-million-year-old giant bird skull misidentified for decades, finally recognized
Paleontologists have uncovered an exceptionally complete skull of a massive bird that lived 45 million years ago. This ...
Rediscovered fossil reveals rare bird skull from 45 million years ago
Around 45 million years ago, a 4.6 foot-tall (1.40 meters) flightless bird called Diatryma roamed the Geiseltal region in ...
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Rediscovered 45-million-year-old skull turns out to be a large, extinct bird species
A forgotten fossil in a German museum turned out to be a rare Diatryma skull. Scientists corrected a decades-old ...
Science Daily13 天
Fossil discovery in the Geiseltal Collection: Researchers identify unique bird skull
Around 45 million years ago, a 4.6 feet-tall (1.40 meters) flightless bird called Diatryma roamed the Geiseltal region in southern Saxony-Anhalt. An international team of researchers report on the ...
Why are bird watchers flocking to Kansas? For Ross's gull typically found far away
Bird watchers are flocking to southwest Kansas to see a rare bird of a species generally found only in Siberia, Greenland, ...
Mail & Guardian9 天
Bird brains: Why they’re bigger and smarter than we thought
“While ‘bird brain’ is often used as an insult, the brains of birds are so large that they are practically a braincase with a ...
Yahoo13 天
45-million-year-old giant bird skull misidentified for decades, finally recognized
Among these birds were flightless giants like Diatryma, a herbivorous bird with a large beak. The completely preserved skull was initially misidentified as belonging to a crocodile. Michael Stache ...
Fishnets, discarded plastics in tanks pose threat to water birds, finds census
Threat to native bird species from fishnets in irrigation tanks highlighted during Tamirabharani Water Bird Census 2025.