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Scientists discovered a 12-million-year-old leg bone of a giant, flightless predator called a terror bird in Colombia, revealing it was larger than previously known and expanding understanding of Miocene ecosystems in South America, including predator interactions with crocodilians.
Fossil evidence from the Miocene epoch reveals a predator-prey interaction where a giant caiman likely scavenged or attacked a terror bird in South America, providing new insights into ancient food webs and predator dynamics.
A fossil discovery at La Venta in Colombia provides rare evidence of interactions between two ancient apex predators, a giant caiman and a terror bird, suggesting they may have preyed on each other more often than previously thought, especially near water sources during the Miocene epoch.
Fossil evidence suggests that a 13 million-year-old terror bird in Colombia was killed and possibly eaten or scavenged by a juvenile caiman, challenging previous assumptions about predator-prey relationships in prehistoric ecosystems.
Teeth marks on a 13-million-year-old terror bird fossil suggest it was killed by a crocodile-like predator, providing rare evidence of interactions between extinct top predators and revealing the vulnerability of these large birds in ancient ecosystems.
Researchers have discovered a fossilized leg bone of a giant 'terror bird' in Colombia, providing new insights into ancient South American ecosystems. This bird, believed to be the largest known species of its kind, was a major predator in the region 12 million years ago. The fossil, found in the Tatacoa Desert, is the northernmost evidence of the bird in South America, suggesting it played a significant role in the predatory wildlife of the time. The study highlights the diverse and now-extinct ecosystem of the Miocene epoch.