Birds With 6.10 m Wingspans Once Patrolled the Skies of Antarctica – Gizmodo Australia

A re-analysis of two fossils found in the 1980s has led to the discovery of an absolutely enormous Antarctic seabird.
The modern wandering albatross, with its 3.5-metre wingspan, is damned impressive. But this newly described bird, with wings stretching nearly 6 metres, is the stuff of imagination. Living during the Eocene between 50 million and 40 million years ago, this oversized pelagornithid, or bony-toothed bird, prowled the Antarctic skies in search of squid and fish, according to research…

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