Detecting traces of prehistoric tailed eagle

Australian paleontologists believe that they have discovered evidence of a prehistoric sharp-tailed eagle in the Western Australian Plain of Nullarbor, which was previously unknown.

The discovery of the almost complete fossil skeleton of this eagle took place just a day after the research team, led by Dr. Gavin Prideaux of Flinders University, discovering a vestiges of wallaby (small kangaroo) new from prehistoric times also at this location.

Both estimates are dated to over 700,000 years.

The fossil of the pointed-tailed eagle dates back at least 780,000 years and is even more ancient.

The team will take this specimen to Flinders University to determine their association with the modern pointed-tailed eagle.

Researchers believe that at the archaeological site there are also fossils of many animals that lived during that time, have fallen into the cave and been buried there.