Flinders University palaeontologists say the 'humungous' raptor had a wingspan of three metres, making it about twice the size of today's wedge-tail eagle.
abc.net.au/news/giant-eagle-discovered-in-flinder-ranges-australias-largest/102106712A bird of prey that flew over South Australia's Flinders Ranges 60,000 years ago was Australia's biggest eagle, researchers have confirmed.
The first remains of the predator, which was about twice the size of a wedge-tailed eagle, were unearthed in the 1956, according to Flinders University palaeontologist Ellen Mather. More fossils were discovered were discovered in Mairs Cave and the Naracoorte Caves in 1969, which led Dr Mather and other researchers to revisit the caves two years ago.
"It wasn't until 2021 that we had all the bones of the skeleton to be able to figure out what it was," Dr Mather said."It's also related to the Old World vultures and it doesn't have any living descendent in Australia today."
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