Picture shows a scientist to examine the footprints found in Caleta de los Loros y Pozo Salado, Argentina, undated. The analysis of the footprints confirmed that its age is 8 million years, belonging to the Late Miocene era in which the dinosaurs were extinct and it was given the scientific name Rionegrina pozosaladensis. Note: Government photo. (Gobierno de Rio Negro/Newsflash)
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06 October 2023
Archaeologists in Argentina have uncovered a stunning fossil footprint of a giant bird that roamed the Atlantic coast about eight million years ago. The ancient bird, known as 'Rionegrina pozosaladensis', measured nearly 40 centimetres (15.7 inches) and weighed about 55 kilogrammes (121 lbs...