In Antarctica, scientists discovered the remains of a huge bird, wingspan which could reach more than six meters.
Argentine scientists was made very rare find in the territory of Antarctica.
Not far from the base, Marambio experts have found the remains of the bird, which turned out to be at least 50 million years.
As the scientists told, it comes to representative lonesome extinct species of birds that previously lived during the Eocene (USD 56.0 – 33.9 million years ago). Its appearance it is similar to the famous Albatross, but its dimensions were much greater.
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According to professors, the wingspan of the species more than six meters. The head of the natural history Museum of La Pampa Marcos, SINICO said, humerus creatures significantly larger than Pelagornis sandersi. According to the biologist, due to the warming of the oceans, lonesome birds do not experience any problems with the food that provides the opportunity grow to awe-inspiring dimensions.
In addition to Dr. Sinisa the study involved experts of the Argentinean Institute of Antarctica under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of foreign Affairs, National University of La Plata and the Foundation of natural history Felix de Azara. Representatives of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Argentina, said the remains were discovered during the expedition of 2014, but palaeontologists first studied a godsend. With a lot of details of scientific work can be found on the pages of the journal of Paleontology.
Scientists said that the complete skeleton of a bird failed to find. In spite of this, did you manage to get extinct about 3 million years ago Pelagornithidae.
