Fossil of huge terror bird offers new information about wildlife in South America 12 million years ago

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Nov 4, 2024, 1:00 am239 pts
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.

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