Fossil discovery in the Geiseltal Collection: Researchers identify unique bird skull

ScienceDaily
Jan 22, 2025, 1:00 pm220 pts
Around 45 million years ago, a 4.6 feet-tall (1.40 meters) flightless bird called Diatryma roamed the Geiseltal region in southern Saxony-Anhalt. An international team of researchers report on the bird's fully preserved skull. The fossil was unearthed in the 1950s in a former lignite mining area in the…

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