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Posted on 06/21/2021 8:02:55 AM PDT by deport
Fossils from two giant rhinos dating back about 22 million years have been unearthed in China, according to a study published Thursday.
They are among the latest relics of the gigantic animal, which was discovered amid great fanfare early last century. Much larger than modern rhinos, giant rhinos often stood more than 20 feet tall at the shoulder and weighed more than 20 tons, making them bigger than mammoths and the largest land mammal that ever lived.
One fossil consists of a skull, jawbone and teeth, and the atlas vertebra — where the head connects to the spine — while the other consists of three vertebrae. From these remains, the scientists have reconstructed the ancient animals. And they’ve discerned enough differences in their skeletons to classify them as a new species,
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I think sauropods were egg layers; not mammals.
Rhinos are mammals. Dinosaurs are egg layers.
The headline and excerpt is addressing mammals, not animals.
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