Fossil reveals giant bird

A GIGANTIC prehistoric bird which could have been as big as an ostrich has been identified from a single jawbone which has lain undiscovered in a museum for several years, scientists said yesterday.

Dr Darren Naish, of the University of Portsmouth, said that the bird was estimated to have been between two and three metres tall, and lived around 85 million years ago in Kazakhstan.

It has been discovered from the fossil of a single jawbone which has been found in a Brussels museum.