Ostrich relative lived in North America about 50 million years ago

Tuesday, July 5, 2016 - 12:01 in Paleontology & Archaeology

The new species is named Calciavis grandei -- with "calci" meaning "hard/stone," and "avis" from the Latin for bird, and "grandei" in honor of famed paleontologist Lance Grande who has studied the fossil fish from the same ancient North American lake for decades.

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