Paleontologists working in Australia have discovered what is thought to be the fossil remains of the largest bird that ever existed – a creature known as Stirton’s thunderbird or Dromornis Stirtoni.
Dromornis stirtoni was a massive flightless bird, standing more than 10 feet tall, which stalked the plains and waterholes of inland Australia about 8 million years ago.
This prehistoric beast was like an ostrich on steroids, standing at a height of up to 10 feet tall and weighing in at a staggering 1100lbs.
This latest fossil discovery, which was unearthed at the Alcoota Reserve north-east of Alice Springs, will hopefully help experts learn more about the true size of these prehistoric giants.
It is even possible that more of the skeleton is buried nearby, just waiting to be found.
Paleontologist Adam Yates stated that “We only got the lower legs because that’s as far as we dug. There’s every expectation that a large part of the rest of the skeleton, if not the entire skeleton might be lying in the next dig as we dig further into the bank that the legs come from.”
Ron S
Can we please stop putting everything in a dang premade box like a takeout pizza? Tossing on a name tag before we even know what it is? “Golly Dr. Wilson, now you got all the bird bones mixed up with the dinosaur bones, jeepers what a mess!”. Only in a world where the labels aren’t labelly enough and the fast food isn’t fast enough…smh. Maybe take your Archeological vacuum and suck a little more dirt off the thing instead of sucking the mystery out of it and making yourself look like you basically suck yourself?…wait, no…not literally suck yourself…ewe…you know what I mean.
Sharon H
LOL. 😊
Charles R
Funny Ron. Just like Gigantopithicus. Al that has beenl found are a few teeth and some jaw bone fragments and it must be the largest Oragutun ever.