Fossil skeleton of Paraphysornis, a member of the extinct terror bird family. While this specimen is not the one analyzed in the recent study, it is similar to the fossil discovered in Colombia. Credit: Wikimedia, JorgeBRAZIL The fossilized leg bone of a giant “terror bird” discovered in...
The 90% complete fossilized skeleton of a ‘terror bird’, a prehistoric, carnivorous, flightless, fearsome creature, suggests it had a very deep voice and low-frequency hearing, say Argentinian paleontologists. It was probably the top predator in the area. The fossil, ...
With a swift chop of its beak, the terror bird could have whomped its prey, a new fossil find confirms. Terror birds were one of South America's top predators from about 50 million to 1.8 million years ago. Researchers have discovered a nearly compete skeleton of a new species of terror...
The new species, described in the latest issue of the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, is the most complete terror bird ever discovered, with more than 90% of the skeleton exquisitely preserved. The new specimen also reveals details of anatomy that rarely preserve in the fossil record,...
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Topics covered include findings on the terror bird's skeleton and joints between bones in the skull and upper palate, and observations on the species' inner ear based on computed tomography (CT) scans.PerkinsSidScience Now