The findings have repercussions today: it is clear that slow-growing animals will be the most vulnerable to extinction amid shifting climates.
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Genyornis newtoni was one of the biggest birds ever to walk the earth. And new research shows its mysterious extinction may have come amid a bout of widespread bone disease as its lake home dried out.
The newly discovered Heracles inexpectatus stood nearly a metre tall. And its fossil bones sat undiscovered on a museum shelf for more than a decade before its hefty status was finally appreciated.
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Associate Professor, Vertebrate Palaeontology Group, Flinders University
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Associate Professor in Earth Sciences, Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, University of Wollongong
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Professor, Biological Sciences Department, University of Cape Town
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Adjunct professor, University of Canterbury
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PhD Candidate in Avian Palaeontology, Vertebrate Palaeontology Group, Flinders University
