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The fossil is the first known specimen from a family of large, predatory flightless birds colloquially known as "terror birds" It was found at the La Venta formation in the Tatacoa Desert of Colombia .
The bird may have been between 5% and 20% bigger than other terror bird specimens previously found, possibly weighing around 340 pounds .
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