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This weeks #Lego #FossilFriday is #pelagornis
Its unclear when the initial fossils were found. But we do know they were from Aquitanian sediments of Armagnac (France).
In 1857, French geologist and paleontologist, Édouard Lartet named an extinct bird Pelagornis.
In 2008 more species were found to be part of the Pelagornis family. These confirmed that the beak has pseudoteeth and it was very very large. One of the largest bird of all time.
A day after an earthquake caused a landslide that allowed the ocean to start flooding into the great dry abyss to the east,the water's power violently widens the gap and now a thousand Amazons flood into what will soon be the Mediterranean Sea again. The local animals have come to a large rock that will one day be named Gibraltar for safety and a view. Except the #Pelagornis, they're more interested in the fish falling down.
#ZancleanFlood #Pliocene #Miocene #Neogene #waterfall #paleoart #MyArt
7 de julio de 2014 - #Descubrimiento: #Pelagornis sandersi, el ave voladora más grande conocida #ciencia https://amatukami.blogspot.com/2023/07/7-de-julio-de-2014-descubrimiento.html