article_snippet.sent: The South American bird has been named Llallawavis scagliai - meaning Scaglia's Magnificent Bird after one of Argentina's famous naturalists Galileo Juan Scaglia.
article_snippet.sent: Although smaller than some of the species discovered, Llallawavis scagliai, was one of the last terror birds to prowl the Earth before the last terror birds died out around 2.5 million years ago.
article_snippet.sent: Fernando Scaglia is the grandson of Galileo Juan Scaglia who was director of the museum between 1940 and 1980.
highlights_snippet.sent: The four feet tall species of terror bird has been named Llallawavis scagliai .
  