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ZeroCool@lemmy.ca to Palaeontology 🦖@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 months ago

5-million-year-old deer fossils link modern wildlife to ancient North American forests

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5-million-year-old deer fossils link modern wildlife to ancient North American forests

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ZeroCool@lemmy.ca to Palaeontology 🦖@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 months ago
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Researchers at the Gray Fossil Site and Museum have discovered something surprisingly familiar among the site's exotic ancient tapirs and rhinos: the first fossil deer, representing one of the earliest records of the deer family in North America.
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