Scientists have found the largest mammal walking on the ground - a rhino weighing six elephants. And showed how he could look • Meduza • RIMA — Russian Independent Media Archive
Scientists have found the largest mammal walking on the ground - a rhino weighing six elephants. And showed how he could look
CHEN YU / Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology / Reuters Chinese and American paleontologists during work in China discovered an ancient type of rhino Paracectherium Linxiaens (or giant rhino from linis), which, according to their words, according to their words , was the largest ground mammal of all that lived on the planet. The remains of the rhino were found mainly in Asian countries, as well as in Eastern Europe. Having analyzed the fossils found in the pool in the Chinese province of Gansu, the scientists found that the rhino weighed up to 24 tons, which is comparable to the weight of six elephants. His shoulders were at a level of 4.8 meters, his head was at an altitude of seven meters, and the body length reached almost eight meters. In the image represented by the Institute of Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of vertebrates, scientists showed how the giant rhino looked.
