Scientists found a rhino in the Arctic and it changes everything
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Scientists have discovered a new species of rhinoceros in the Canadian High Arctic, dating back 23 million years. The find has helped reshape ideas about how these animals migrated between continents, suggesting that rhinos crossed from Europe to North America more recently than thought.
Researchers from the Canadian Museum of Nature have identified a previously unknown species of extinct rhinoceros. The fossil was found in ancient lakebed sediments at Haughton Crater on Devon Island in Nunavut. The species, named Epiatheracerium itjilik, lived roughly 23 million years ago and is most closely related to species that lived in Europe millions of years earlier. It was relatively small and lightly built, comparable in size to a modern Indian rhinoceros but without a horn. The discovery has introduced a revised rhinoceros family tree and suggests that this Arctic species reached North America via a land bridge. The fossil was originally collected in 1986 and has been found to be remarkably well-preserved, with about 75% of the skeleton discovered.
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