Scientists find bones of large flightless bird Ilbandornis woodburnei at Alcoota fossil beds near Alice Springs

Palaeontologists working near Alice Springs uncover for the first time a set of articulated bones and partial skeleton of Ilbandornis woodburnei, a massive bird that once roamed an evolving continent 8 million years ago.

Scientists find bones of large flightless bird Ilbandornis woodburnei at Alcoota fossil beds near Alice Springs

Scientists find bones of large flightless bird Ilbandornis woodburnei at Alcoota fossil beds near Alice Springs

Scientists find bones of large flightless bird Ilbandornis woodburnei at Alcoota fossil beds near Alice Springs

Scientists find bones of large flightless bird Ilbandornis woodburnei at Alcoota fossil beds near Alice Springs

Scientists find bones of large flightless bird Ilbandornis woodburnei at Alcoota fossil beds near Alice Springs