Dr Phoebe McInerney and Associate Professor Trevor Worthy are palaeontologists who study the fossils of extinct birds. As Trevor's PhD student, Phoebe became an expert on Genyornis newtoni and ...

Scientists have discovered a complete skull of the bird species Genyornis newtoni for the first time. The fully preserved skull found in Australia is of a giant flightless bird, which weighs ...

Genyornis newtoni was the last of the large, flightless mihirungs ('thunder birds') endemic to Australia. It was a heavily built bird over 2 metres tall, with tiny wings and massive hind legs.

Flinders University researchers have uncovered the skull of Australia’s own giant megafauna bird – Genyornis newtoni, also dubbed the “giga-goose” – in Lake Callabonna, near the NSW border.

Palaeontologists have made a major breakthrough after finally locating a rare, complete skull of a 50,000-year-old extinct giant bird. The species, known as the Genyornis Newtoni, is estimated to ...

"Genyornis newtoni had a tall and mobile upper jaw like that of a parrot but shaped like a goose, a wide gape, strong bite force, and the ability to crush soft plants and fruit on the roof of ...

She added: "I thought, 'Oh my gosh, this is amazing - we actually found one'. "The Genyornis has been known [about] for 128 years - and now we've actually got a skull for it." ...