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"Today, Australia is home to 17 species of hawks and eagles. But the fossil
record shows some other, rather special raptors were present in the relatively
recent past.
Tens of thousands of years ago, Australia was home to species such as
Dynatoaetus gaffae, the largest eagle ever to have lived in Australia, and
Cryptogyps lacertosus, our only known vulture.
Now, we have discovered another ancient eagle shared the skies with these
prehistoric predators. In a new paper in the journal
Alcheringa, we describe
the formidable
Dynatoaetus pachyosteus, based on fossils found in the
Naracoorte Caves in South Australia."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
