This #FossilFriday, meet #Teleoceras, the short-legged #rhino. It lived across #NorthAmerica from 16-5 million years ago and is especially common at our lab's field site in eastern #Oregon (though these fossils in the #RoyaOntarioMuseum and #DenverMuseumofNatureandScience are both from the #GreatPlains). Even though it may look like a #hippo, every line of evidence suggests that they lived on land. If you're wondering why its legs were so short, then, it's a great question - and an open one.
Rhinos!
#Hyrachuys #Cadurcotherium #Allacerops #Paraceratherium #Menoceras #Teleoceras #Rhinocerotidae #phylogeny
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https://planeetanihmeet.wordpress.com/2020/04/11/sarvikuonojen-pitka-tarina/
