Fossil finding uncovers large ‘terror bird’ in Colombia | CNN
2024年11月9日 · When paleontologists analyzed a leg bone from a fossil site in Colombia called La Venta, they identified a terror bird — perhaps a new species — that lived about 12 million years ago and...
Phorusrhacidae - Wikipedia
Phorusrhacids, colloquially known as terror birds, are an extinct family of large carnivorous, mostly flightless birds [a] that were among the largest apex predators in South America during the Cenozoic era.
Rare 'Terror Bird' Fossil Found in Colombia Reveals the Enormous …
2024年11月8日 · 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
2024年11月5日 · The terror bird was identified using part of its left leg bone discovered in a fossil field in the Tatacoa Desert in Colombia. No other parts of its body have been located yet.
Fossil of huge terror bird offers new information about wildlife in ...
2024年11月4日 · 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...
Fossil of Huge Terror Bird Offers New Information About Wildlife …
2024年11月4日 · 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.
Largest ‘Terror Bird’ Fossil Identified - Discover Magazine
2024年11月4日 · A massive meat-eating bird sat high atop the food chain about 12 million years ago. Researchers analyzed a bone of the creature found in northern South America nearly 20 years ago and determined that it was likely a “terror bird” related to Phorusrhacids, according to a report in Palaeontology.
A giant crocodilian killed the largest 'terror bird' ever found, 12 ...
2024年11月6日 · 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...
Huge carnivorous ‘terror bird’ rivalled the giant panda in size
2024年11月14日 · The heavy-beaked predators called terror birds sat at the top of the food chain for much of the past 65 million years. Now scientists have identified a fossil from what might be the largest...
What made 'terror birds' so terrifying? New fossil prints reveal …
2023年10月12日 · Between 53 million and 18,000 years ago, carnivores known as terror birds stalked the grasslands of South America. These flightless avians, some of which stood more than 10-feet-tall, strutted...
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