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Huge carnivorous ‘terror bird’ rivalled the giant panda in size

Newly analysed fossil came from what could be the biggest-known member of a family of apex avian predators.
Illustration of a large Terror bird with prey under its foot

Terror birds (artist’s illustration) had massive beaks and claws. A newly described fossil came from a terror bird estimated to weigh more than 150 kilograms. Credit: JA Chirinos/Science Photo Library

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The heavy-beaked predators called terror birds sat at the top of the food chain for much of the past 65 million years. Now scientists have identified a fossil from what might be the largest terror bird ever found1.

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Nature 635, 527 (2024)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-03670-1

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  1. Degrange, F. J. et al. Pap. Palaeontol. 10, e1601 (2024).

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