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Caracara creightoni

Topic Categories: BirdsFossilsImage of the DayOrnithology
Posted on: December 17, 2007 2:59 PM, by "GrrlScientist"

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The fossil skull of an extinct bird of prey, Caracara creightoni, preserved in an ancient sink-hole in the Bahamas. Several thousand years old, the fossils owe their exquisite preservation to immersion in peat. The bird is a relative of the crested caracara of Central and North America.

Image: PNAS [larger view]

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