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Nearly Complete Fossil Of 23-Million-Year-Old Rhino Discovered In Canadian Arctic

Nearly Complete Fossil Of 23-Million-Year-Old Rhino Discovered In Canadian Arctic

An ancient, and adorably named, new rhino species has been discovered in the Canadian Arctic. The exceptionally well-preserved and almost complete fossil represents the northernmost rhino species found to date, and belonged to a beast that roamed this region around 23 million years ago. The new species, unearthed in Haughton Crater on Devon Island, Nunavut, has been named Epiatheracerium itjilik. …

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