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Evidence of Rhino Living in Frigid Arctic Circle 23 Million Years Ago Discovered in New Fossil
An extinct species of rhino that lived inside the Arctic Circle 23 million years ago has been discovered. The nearly complete fossilized skeleton was recovered from the fossil-rich lake deposits in Haughton Crater on Devon Island, in the Canadian High Arctic. It is the most northerly rhinoceros species known. Rhinos have an evolutionary history that […] The post Evidence of Rhino Living in Frigid Arctic Circle 23 Million Years Ago Discovered in …
The polar landscapes evoke a frozen land, swept by the wind and dominated by ice. Yet, some archaeological discoveries reveal a very different history. There was a time when the Arctic was home to an unexpected fauna, in a setting of temperate forests and lakes. At the heart of this forgotten past, the remains of an arctic rhinoceros come to upset certainties, and reveal a time when the tropics flirted with the polar circle. When the tropics rei…
Rhinoceroses first appeared about 48 million years ago, and have inhabited every continent except South America and Antarctica. There are five living species today, while more than 50 are known from the fossil record.
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Paleontologists have discovered, north of the Arctic Circle, the fossil remains of a rhinoceros, which are remarkably well preserved.
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