Prehistoric bird fossil. Fossilised skeleton of a Massilatrogon prehistoric bird found in Germany. This animal is an extinct relative of the sunbitter

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Prehistoric bird fossil. Fossilised skeleton of a Massilatrogon prehistoric bird found in Germany. This animal is an extinct relative of the sunbittern (Eurypyga helias). Photographed at the In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs exhibition at the National Museum of Natural History, Paris, France, in 2011.

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