中国科学家在宁夏同心地区一处中新世早期地层中发现近无角犀新属种化石,命名为“同心近无角犀”。这是近无角犀化石在中国西北地区的首次发现。根据这一发现,科学家研究推测,1700万年前中国西北地区仍然存在温暖湿润的生态环境。这一发现对研究中新世早期中国西北地区的生态环境具有重要意义。
Title: Rhinoceros fossils discovered in Northwest China 17 million years ago
Keywords: Rhinoceros fossils, Early Miocene, Warm and humid
News content: Chinese scientists discovered a new species of rhinoceros fossil in the Early Miocene strata in Tongxin, Ningxia, which they named “Tongxin Rhinoceros”. This is the first discovery of rhinoceros fossils in northwest China. Based on this discovery, scientists inferred that northwest China still had a warm and humid ecological environment 17 million years ago. This discovery is of great significance for studying the ecological environment of northwest China in the Early Miocene.
【来源】http://www.chinanews.com/sh/2024/02-28/10171494.shtml
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