Copepteryx prehistoric flightless bird, illustration

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Illustration of Copepteryx sp. birds along a shoreline. This extinct flightless bird was found in what is now Japan in the Oligocene between 28 and 23 million years old. It grew to up to one metre tall.

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Photo credit: © MARK P. WITTON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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