Progura gallinscea –

Life size reproduction of Megafauna Turkey

This giant flying turkey is one of a number of extinct large megapode birds recently discovered by researchers at Flinders University.

Natureworks has used this information as reference to make our own reproduction of this amazing megafauna bird that existed around 50,000 years ago

This sculpture is an valuable to Natureworks growing megafauna collection

Megafauna Turkey – Giant

Latagallina naracoortensis

This giant flying turkey is one of a number of extinct large megapode birds recently discovered by researchers at Flinders University.

It was probably still present upon the arrival of the first humans in Australia, about $50,000 years ago
It was first described in 1888 by the naturalist Charles de Vis
Most of the fossil remains have been found in Naracoorte Caves, but a number have been found in other fossil sites throughout Australia
Australia once home to five large megapodes, relatives of the brush turkey
Fossils suggest Australia was once home to five species of now-extinct giant megapode – Chunky, chiken-esque cousns of modern mound-building brush turkeys and malleefow.
The largest of these extinct birds weighed 8 kilograms and was about four times the size of today’s brush turkey
Fossil remains found around 50,000 years ago and may have co-existed with indigenous Australians that arrived on the continent
Dr David Booth, a senior lecturer from the University of Queensland said there had previously been a theory suggesting giant extinct megapodes shrunk down, giving rise to the birds we know today.

Reference

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2017-06-14/giant-brush-turkeys-roamed-the-australian-landscape/8613944

Sculpture Features

Weight	10.5 kg
Dimensions	90 × 26 × 78 cm

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