Evidence Of Rhino Living In Frigid Arctic Circle 23 Million Years Ago Discovered In New Fossil

Evidence Of Rhino Living In Frigid Arctic Circle 23 Million Years Ago Discovered In New Fossil

Evidence Of Rhino Living In Frigid Arctic Circle 23 Million Years Ago Discovered In New Fossil Marisa Gilbert (left) and Dr. Danielle Fraser with fossil of Arctic rhino Epiaceratherium itjilik – Canadian Museum of Nature 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 spanned over 40 million years, encompassing every continent except South America and Antarctica. The new species of ‘Arctic rhino’ lived about 23 million years ago during the Early Miocene period. “The addition of this Arctic species to the rhino family tree now offers new insights to our understanding of their evolutionary history,” said study author Dr. Danielle Fraser, head of paleo-biology at the Canadian Museum of Nature (CM…