Fossil find reveals giant prehistoric 'thunder birds' were riddled with bone disease
- Written by: Phoebe McInerney, PhD Candidate in Avian Palaeontology, Vertebrate Palaeontology Group, Flinders University
Phoebe McInerney/@phoebyornis, Author providedUntil around 45,000 years ago, Australia was home to Genyornis newtoni, a fearsomely huge bird weighing roughly 230kg – almost six times as much as an emu – and standing 2 metres tall.
This giant, from a unique group of Australian flightless birds called the dromornithids or “thunder...
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