Scientists picking over ice age bones discover vultures once soared in Australia’s skies
by Donna Lu from Science | The Guardian on (#61JWB)
Cryptogyps lacertosus was similar in size to a wedge-tailed eagle but anatomical differences suggest it was a scavenger rather than a hunter
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Australia's first vulture species has been identified after the reclassification of a century-old fossil specimen.
The extinct vulture lived during the middle and late Pleistocene period - commonly known as the ice age - between 50,000 and 770,000 years ago, researchers estimate.
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