Archive for June 28th, 2012

Melbourne beach fossil an ancient sea bird

A FOSSIL uncovered on a Melbourne beach belonged to a giant prehistoric bird with a five-metre wing span and serrated beak, scientists report. The 5 million-year-old lower leg bone is the first evidence the ancient sea bird once soared across Australia’s skies. A Museum Victoria palaeontologist, Erich Fitzgerald, who led analysis of the specimen, said […]