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Fossils found in Antarctica in 1980s belong to ‘giant, bony-toothed’ birds from 2.5m yrs ago – ThePrint
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Fossils from Antarctica belong to gigantic bird species
Scientists have discovered that fossils recovered from Antarctica in the 1980s belong to the oldest giant members of an extinct group of birds that patrolled the southern oceans.
The wingspans of these birds went up to 21 feet enough to dwarf the eleven-and-a-half foot wingspan of today’s largest bird, the wandering albatross.
Called ‘pelagornithids’, the birds were much like the albatrosses, and are believed to have travelled widely over…
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