The February issue of the journal Geology reveals a new study in which scientists say that a 7-foot-tall carnivorous bird came to North America from South America. The terror bird (Titanus walleri) weighed 330 pounds and could bite dog-sized prey.
Fossils found in Texas and Florida were 2 million years old, according to a dating techique that uses rare-earth elements rather than carbon.
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