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Published online 25 October 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news061023-9
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Big bird had swift legs
Fossil find reveals 'terror bird' was fast on its feet.
An ancient meat-eating 'terror bird' discovered in northern Patagonia has a record-breakingly large head — but the big beast could still sprint for its prey.
The fossil discovery is the largest documented example of a group of fearsome birds called phorusrhacids, flightless carnivores that roamed South America some 60 million to 2 million years ago.
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