ANCIENT WOODPECKER: Nearly Complete Fossil Dating Back 200,000 Years Discovered In Argentina

Photo shows artistic interpretation of the general aspect of the woodpecker whose fossil was found in San Pedro, near Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Notes: Licenced picture (Museo Paleontologico de San Pedro/Newsflash) Photo shows artistic interpretation of the general aspect of the woodpecker whose fossil was found in San Pedro, near Buenos Aires, Argentina. Notes: Licenced picture (Museo Paleontologico de San Pedro/Newsflash)
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06 July 2023
A nearly complete fossil of a woodpecker dating back 200,000 years has been discovered in Argentina. It was discovered in a sandstone quarry near San Pedro, about 170 kilometres (105 miles) north of the capital Buenos Aires. The director of the San Pedro Palaeontological Museum, Jos Luis...