Giant Bony-Toothed Bird Fossil Found Near Melbourne, Australia

[Oxytropidoceras]

Bayside fossil an ancient sea bird by Nicky Phillips

‎Sydney Morning Herald, June 28, 2012

http://www.smh.com.a...0627-212wo.html

Bayside fossil an ancient sea bird, video

http://media.smh.com...rd-3411380.html

“A fossil uncovered on a Melbourne beach belonged

to a giant prehistoric bird with a five-metre wing span

and serrated beak, scientists report.”

Giant bony-toothed bird fossil found by Tiffany Hoy

Australian Geographic, June 29, 2012

http://www.australia...n-australia.htm

The paper is:

Fitzgerald, E. M. G., T. Parka, and T. H. Worthy. 2012,

First giant bony-toothed bird (Pelagornithidae) from

Australia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. vol 32,

no. 4., pp. 971-974.

http://www.tandfonli...634.2012.664596

The skeleton of this genera was found in Chile as

discussed in “Fossil of Giant Bony-Toothed Bird

from Chile Sets Wingspan Record” at

http://volcanomadnes...ny-toothed.html

The press release is:

Fossil of Giant Bony-Toothed Bird from Chile

Sets Wingspan Record, ScienceDaily, Sep. 18, 2010)

http://www.scienceda...00918210719.htm

The paper is:

Mayr, G., and D. Rubilar-Rogers, 2010, Osteology

of a new giant bony-toothed bird from the Miocene

of Chile, with a revision of the taxonomy of

Neogene Pelagornithidae. Journal of Vertebrate

Paleontology. vol. 30, no 5, pp. 1313-1330.

http://www.tandfonli...634.2010.501465

Best wishes,

Paul H.

Edited July 1, 2012 by Oxytropidoceras

[Vordigern]

wow, what I wouldnt give to find some fossils of that bird, very cool!!!

[siteseer]

I heard there were three articles on pseudodontorns in the new issue of JVP (specimens found in Uzbekistan too).

Edited July 1, 2012 by siteseer

[Boesse]

I was quite surprised to hear how many pelagornithid articles there were in the new JVP; one by my colleague Erich, another by Estelle Bourdon on new material from Africa, and a third on a new genus from the Ukraine (Lutetodontopteryx).

[Scylla]

wait til Auspex hears about this