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Rare skull of an extinct, massive ‘thunder bird’ discovered in Australia

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Colossal skull discovery shows that "thunder bird" was a giant goose

Geese have a reputation for being aggressive, unpleasant birds, so imagine one that’s more than 2 m (6.6 ft) tall and weighs about 230 kg (507 lb). That’s Genyornis newtoni, an Ice Age "thunder bird" ...
Newsweek

Extinct Giant ‘Giga-Goose’ Bird’s Look Finally Revealed by Lake Discovery

Paleontologists have made an "amazing" fossil discovery in Australia that has shed new light on a giant and enigmatic prehistoric goose-like bird. A team from Flinders University in Australia ...
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Giant 'Giga-Goose' Once Thundered Across Prehistoric Australia

On the prehistoric plains of Australia shone a golden age for giant flightless birds. There was the "Demon Duck of Doom" that lived around 15 million years ago in what is now the continent's Northern ...
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First Intact Skull Of Australia’s Terrifying Extinct “Giga-goose” Revealed

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Rare skull of an extinct, massive ‘thunder bird’ discovered in Australia

For more than a century, scientists have been unsuccessfully hunting for skull fossils for the thunder bird species Genyornis newtoni. About 50,000 years ago, these titans, also known as mihirungs, ...