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Terror Bird’s Mangled Leg Suggests It Died In The Jaws Of A Caiman 15 Million Years Ago

The terror bird. It’s a name that strikes fear, and with good reason. These “super predators” from the Phorusrhacidae were a ...
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Rumble in the Miocene: terror bird versus caiman

One day in the Middle Miocene, some 11 million to 16 million years ago, a roughly 4.8-metre-long caiman ate a terror bird 1.

Lethal 15-FOOT prehistoric croc ‘chomped’ gigantic ‘terror bird’ taller than a human in shock attack 12million years ago

FOSSILISED bite marks on the leg of an ancient “terror bird” have been traced back to a massive crocodile that roamed Earth ...
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Iranian paleontologist unveils world’s first fossilized bird mating dance in Miocene strata

TEHRAN - In a groundbreaking paleontological discovery, Iranian scientist Dr. Nasrollah Abbassi, researcher at the University ...

Ancient caiman may have preyed on another apex predator—the giant 'terror bird'

The La Venta fossil site in Colombia is home to a rich fossil record, yielding a particularly diverse set of vertebrate fossil assemblages. The giant terror bird (phorusrhacid) and caiman—a large ...