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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

News / ??!! / History Newly Discovered Species of Prehistoric Bird Is Named After Lucero

Posted by on Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 10:30 AM

This is probably one of the coolest ways any band could ever be honored—a prehistoric bird has been named Hollanda luceria, "after the punk/country band Lucero and the Holland family, whose donations helped to support the research."

You can read more about the bird, which closely resembles a modern Southern Screamer, here.

And here's a video of the Southern screamers who inspired the name:

(ht punknews)

 

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