article_snippet.sent: In a study published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, the researchers were able to reconstruct the structure of the bird's inner ear using 3D computed tomography.
article_snippet.sent: The researchers have also been able to better understand the some of the birds other features based on the palate and bones around the eye that were also preserved.
article_snippet.sent: Dr Degrange said the bird would have had powerful muscles around the bird jaws but the bird were still conducting studies on the eyes to discover whether the bird was active during the day, at night or in the twilight hours.
article_snippet.sent: The sclerotic ring will give we an idea of the eye shape and size.
article_snippet.sent: This will allow we to infer if terror birds were diurnal, nocturnal or crepuscular.'
highlights_snippet.sent: the most complete terror bird skeleton ever found have used 3D scanning to reconstruct the bird's range of hearing .