Did you know? The South Carolina State Museum’s Natural History collection includes almost one million unique specimens and fossils — and they just added a brand-new one.
The cast skeleton of a Parahesperornis (Latin for “alongside western bird”), a long-extinct bird most closely related to our modern-day ducks and chickens, was just acquired by the museum.
It’s not every day you see a bird that lived 83 million years ago, so stay tuned for when you can check it for yourself. 🦤 *
