Elephant Bird Egg Shell - Madagascar - Late Pleistocene - 43 MYA wholesale tier 3 These intriguing specimens are relatively

These intriguing specimens are relatively rare and can be found across the globe

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By the early Cretaceous it becomes far more abundant and found in correlation with insects

Vertebra are the individual bones that make up the backbone of vertebrate species

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Elephant Bird Egg Shell - Madagascar - Late Pleistocene - 43 MYA wholesale tier 3 These intriguing specimens are relativelyEach fossil comes with its own display stand! Egg shells are about 1. 5 to 2 inches long What Were Elephant Birds? Elephant birds were massive flightless birds that lived on the island of Madagascar, though they went extinct around 1,000 years ago. They are closely related to modern ostriches. The term "Elephant Bird" comes from famous explorer Marco Polo in 1298, who wrote of a bird that could "seize an elephant with its talons." Their diets are not