article_snippet.sent: It was discovered by Fernando Scaglia, from the Lorenzo Scaglia Municipal Museum of Natural Sciences, along with Matias Taglioretti and Alejandro Dondas at La Estafeta Beach south of Mar del Plata city in the Buenos Aires province of Argentina in 2010.
article_snippet.sent: The fossilised skeleton (above) was found in a cliff on a beach south of Mar del Plata city in Argentina .
article_snippet.sent: La Estafeta Beach (above) near Mar del Plata in Argentina where the fossil was found has strong tides that threatened to wash the skeleton away forcing palaeontologists to work fast to excavate the skeleton to save the skeleton from harm .
article_snippet.sent: La Estafeta Beach (above) near Mar del Plata in Argentina where the fossil was found said: 'The palate is a big area of jaw muscle attacment in birds.
article_snippet.sent: La Estafeta Beach (above) near Mar del Plata in Argentina where the fossil was found added that the fossil may also help scientists unpick what caused the giant birds to eventually die out.
article_snippet.sent: La Estafeta Beach (above) near Mar del Plata in Argentina where the fossil was found said: 'The discovery of this species reveals that terror birds were more diverse in the Pliocene than previously thought. '
article_snippet.sent: Dr Claudia Tambussi, another author of the study at Argentina's Centre for Research in Earth Sciences, added: 'The discovery of this new species provides new insights for studying the anatomy and phylogeny of phorusrhacids and a better understanding of this group's diversification.'