Rumble in the Miocene: terror bird versus caiman

July 23, 2025

One day in the Middle Miocene, some 11 million to 16 million years ago, a roughly 4.8-metre-long caiman ate a terror bird¹.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-02308-0