It was long thought these fossils came from an eagle. Turns out they belong to the only known vulture species from Australia
- Written by Ellen K. Mather, Adjunct associate lecturer, Flinders University
The extinct species may have been a relative of the living Griffon Vulture (pictured). ShutterstockIn 1905, a fragment of a fossil wing bone discovered near the Kalamurina Homestead, South Australia, was described as an extinct eagle and named Taphaetus lacertosus, meaning “powerful grave eagle”.





