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Dantheman62 · 02-28-2009, 06:36 PM

A paleontologist cleans a fossilized bird cranium at Peru's National History Museum in Lima, Friday, Feb. 27, 2009. The fossil found in Peru is the best-preserved cranium ever found from a pelagornithid, a species believed to have gone extinct some 3 million years ago, according to Rodolfo Salas, head of vertebrate paleontology at Peru's National History Museum.(AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Fri Feb 27, 1:54 PM ET

02-28-2009, 06:36 PM	#1
Dantheman62 Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: So. Cal. U.S. Posts: 4,205	Fossil found of 10 million-year-old bird A paleontologist cleans a fossilized bird cranium at Peru's National History Museum in Lima, Friday, Feb. 27, 2009. The fossil found in Peru is the best-preserved cranium ever found from a pelagornithid, a species believed to have gone extinct some 3 million years ago, according to Rodolfo Salas, head of vertebrate paleontology at Peru's National History Museum.(AP Photo/Martin Mejia) Fri Feb 27, 1:54 PM ET