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Palaeontologists reconstructing skeleton of rare prehistoric rhino reveal it was saved ‘by a whisker’ after builders wanted to THROW it away

Initially believed to have been an example of a woolly rhinoceros, closer inspection by experts from the University of Wrocław revealed it was a specimen of the much rarer Stephanorhinus or Merck’s rhinoceros. Kalbar/TFN

Initially believed to have been an example of a woolly rhinoceros, closer inspection by experts from the University of Wrocław revealed it was a specimen of the much rarer Stephanorhinus or Merck’s rhinoceros. The palaeontologists came to the rescue after the builders, saying they were going to dump the bones, went to watch a football match.

New species of prehistoric reptile related to crocodiles found in village dig

The specimen was found among fossils of vertebrates from about 210 million years ago, including lungfish and turtles, excavated at the archeological site in the village of Kocury, southwest Poland.

Dinosaur hunters find 215-million-year-old ‘double root’ tooth and new species of Triassic creature resembling a large mouse

The dentary bone with two rows of cusps on molars and double-rooted teeth is the oldest of its type in the world and belonged to a new early-diverging haramiyid species from the late Triassic period named Kalaallitkigun jenkinsi (Greenlandic for 'tooth from Greenland') by its discoverers.

Brain of giant prehistoric rabbit reconstructed to understand evolutionary development of mammals

According to the project’s team leader, the pioneering early ‘rabbit’ brain research is “very important for the evolutionary biology of the entire Euarchontoglires group, including humans.”

Fossils of 200-mln-year-old lizard-mammal weighing 9 tons and the size of an elephant found in village

The giant toothless creature was more closely related to mammals than dinosaurs and looked like a hippo with bent legs, a beak and two tusks.

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Four tonnes of Nazi gold found in buried 18th century palace canister, say WWII treasure hunters

Measuring between 1.3 to 1.5 metres long and 50cm in depth, the cylindrical metal canister was found in the conservatory of an 18th century palace used by Hitler’s SS as a brothel.

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