Tag: Arctic fossils
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From Mammoths to Monkeys: How Two Alaska Bones Turned Out to Be Ancient Whales
Discovery That Challenged a Long-Standing Belief In a quiet Alaska museum, two seemingly inconspicuous bone fragments spent decades tucked away in a dusty drawer. Labeled as mammoth remains and catalogued with routine care, they attracted little attention beyond routine preservation. It wasn’t until modern techniques and a fresh wave of curiosity that researchers re-examined these…
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New Arctic Rhino Fossil Finds Rewrite Miocene North America
A New Rhino Lineage Emerges from the High Arctic Paleontologists have unveiled a remarkable discovery from Canada’s High Arctic: a newly identified Early Miocene rhinocerotid species belonging to the genus Epiaceratherium. The fossil remains, unearthed in ancient sediments that once formed part of a vibrant, temperate landscape, illuminate a surprising chapter in North American paleontology…
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Ancient High Arctic Rhinos: Discovering Epiaceratherium Species
A New Rhinosaurus Hop in the Arctic: What Was Found Paleontologists have announced the identification of a new Early Miocene rhinocerotid species from the fossil record in the Canadian High Arctic. The genus Epiaceratherium, long studied for clues about rhinoceros evolution, has yielded a distinct species based on carefully described dental and skeletal elements recovered…