Paleontologists Find Rare Skull of Extinct Flightless Bird

Jan 22, 2025 - 10:30
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Paleontologists Find Rare Skull of Extinct Flightless Bird
Skull remains of Diatryma geiselensis from the Middle Eocene of the Geisel valley, Germany. Scale bars - 5 cm. Image credit: Mayr et al., doi: 10.26879/1438.

A nearly complete but strongly flattened skull of the ancient bird species Diatryma geiselensis has been discovered, after being misidentified and kept in a museum collection in Germany for over six decades.

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