Giant bird at the same time as dinosaurs

Scientists have found fossils of a giant ostrich bird that looks like a giant ostrich, who lived at the same time as dinosaurs about 83 million years ago.

According to Royal Society Biology Letters, the bird, called Samrukia nessovi , once lived in what is now the territory of Central Asia and Kazakhstan.

The lead researcher, Darren Naish of the University of Portsmouth (USA), said the finding "confirmed that the giant birds lived at the same time as the dinosaurs in the White Cloud period." In fact, these birds are in line with the idea that the Bach Phan period is not the only dinosaur. ' According to the expert, although dinosaurs play an important ecological role, 'there is room for other terrestrial animals'.

Compare the bird Samrukia nessovi just found with human size.

All that remains of this bird is its toothless lower jaw. The structure and characteristics of the function are related to birds, not dinosaurs. The researchers concluded that the bird's skull, when alive, could be about 0.3m long, doubling an ostrich's skull. If not flying, it can stand about 3m high, and if flying, its wingspan can be up to 4m.

Samrukia nessovi is the second largest bird known in the era of dinosaurs. The first bird was identified as Gargantuavis philoinos , who lived in France about 70 million years ago. It may also be non-flying and ostrich-like.

In his time, the Samrukia nessovi bird existed in an ecological environment consisting of long-tailed dinosaurs, duck-billed dinosaurs and tyrannical dinosaurs and many other prehistoric dinosaurs. Currently, the area is dry and hot due to its semi-desert area. At the time of dinosaurs, it was a plain with large and meandering rivers flowing through. Fossil wood has been discovered by researchers to show that there are surrounding forests.

It is still unclear what the giant bird said on the hunt, as researchers have not found any evidence that it is eating plants or aquatic animals. But one thing was certain that he had spent a lot of time running or escaping from the carnivorous dinosaurs of that period.