Fossil of bird with largest wingspan ever recorded discovered

A scientist in South Carolina discovered the fossil of a flying bird with the largest wingspan ever recorded in history of mankind.

According to BBC News, the bird was predicted to have an elegant flying mechanism able to fly across the ancient ocean in hunt for food. The dimensions of its wingspan measured between 6.1 and 7.4 meters and the creature resembles a seagull on steroids.

According to, L.A. Times, the findings of the extinct bird was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. It has been described to push the limit of the possibilities in bird aviation. Its wingspans are so wide that it can be easily match the size of a small plane.
Dr. Daniel Ksepka, a paleontologist who discovered the hidden fossils named the bird Pelagornis sandersi after Albert Sanders, a retired curator who collected the fossil after being discovered. Ksepka said, “I was not expecting this bird when I went down there.”
P. sandersi was estimated to have lived between 25 and 28 million years ago. This new finding brakes the record of the largest extinct bird ever discovered, the Argentavis magnificens.