Most fossils have been found in Europe, and some species typically referred to the genus are known from North America and Asia. Several genera, including the well-studied genus …

Jan 31, 2025 · Diatryma, extinct, giant flightless bird found as fossils in Early Eocene rocks in North America and Europe (the Eocene Epoch lasted from 57.8 to 36.6 million years ago). …

Jan 27, 2025 · A forgotten fossil in a German museum turned out to be a rare Diatryma skull. Scientists corrected a decades-old misidentification.

Feb 8, 2019 · Aside from its numerous fossils, Gastornis is one of the few prehistoric birds to be associated with what appear to be its own eggs: shell fragments recovered from western …

Jan 22, 2025 · A nearly complete but strongly flattened skull of the ancient bird species Diatryma geiselensis has been discovered, after being misidentified and kept in a museum collection in …

Jan 22, 2025 · A 45-million-year-old fossil of the flightless bird Diatryma, initially misclassified, was rediscovered in the Geiseltal region of Germany.

Jul 12, 2010 · Fifty million years ago, when what is now Washington state was covered with a verdant subtropical rainforest, a 380-pound flightless bird called Diatryma stalked the …

Jan 24, 2025 · The fossil of Diatryma was originally uncovered in the 1950s during excavations in a former lignite mining area. At the time, the fossil was misidentified as the skull of a crocodile …

Jan 22, 2025 · Reconstruction of the complete skeleton of a Diatryma. Around 45 million years ago, a 4.6 feet-tall (1.40 metres) flightless bird called Diatryma roamed the Geiseltal region in …

Jan 22, 2025 · Around 45 million years ago, an intriguing creature known as Diatryma, a flightless bird measuring approximately 4.6 feet tall (1.40 meters), inhabited the lush, tropical swamps of …