10 million year old rhino fossil found in Central Anatolia
NEVŞEHİR
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A 10
million year old rhino fossil has been discovered during a surface survey in
the Central Anatolian province of Nevşehir, Doğan News Agency reported today.
Archaeologists
think the skull fossil comes from the rare rhino type, “Ceratotherium Neumayri.”
A
number of other samples belonging to Proboscidea, Artiodactyla and Carnivores
were also found in the same area in the Ürgüp district of Nevşehir.
Associate
Professor Dr. Okşan Başoğlu, who is leading the studies at the site, said
they had applied to the Culture and Tourism Ministry for the excavation works
in Ürgüp, one of the richest fossil fields in the world.
