Fossil found of 10 million-year-old bird

Dantheman62 · 02-28-2009, 06:36 PM

A paleontologist cleans a fossilized bird cranium at Peru's National History Museum in Lima, Friday, Feb. 27, 2009. The fossil found in Peru is the best-preserved cranium ever found from a pelagornithid, a species believed to have gone extinct some 3 million years ago, according to Rodolfo Salas, head of vertebrate paleontology at Peru's National History Museum.(AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Fri Feb 27, 1:54 PM ET

Ammit · 02-28-2009, 08:53 PM

Wow, now that is a fantastic find...

Brinty · 02-28-2009, 11:42 PM

Good grief!

I could imagine that's from a flying crocodile. Sort of puts the lie to the old expression, "as scarce as hens' teeth."

02-28-2009, 06:36 PM	#1
Dantheman62 Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: So. Cal. U.S. Posts: 4,205	Fossil found of 10 million-year-old bird A paleontologist cleans a fossilized bird cranium at Peru's National History Museum in Lima, Friday, Feb. 27, 2009. The fossil found in Peru is the best-preserved cranium ever found from a pelagornithid, a species believed to have gone extinct some 3 million years ago, according to Rodolfo Salas, head of vertebrate paleontology at Peru's National History Museum.(AP Photo/Martin Mejia) Fri Feb 27, 1:54 PM ET

02-28-2009, 08:53 PM	#2
Ammit Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Weymouth, Dorset, UK Posts: 827	Re: Fossil found of 10 million-year-old bird Wow, now that is a fantastic find...

02-28-2009, 11:42 PM	#3
Brinty Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Blackbutt, Queensland, Australia Posts: 1,004	Re: Fossil found of 10 million-year-old bird Good grief! I could imagine that's from a flying crocodile. Sort of puts the lie to the old expression, "as scarce as hens' teeth."