8-million-year-old rhino skull found in Crete
An eight million year old rhinoceros skull has been discovered in the town of Sitia on the Greek island of Crete, according to the Greek news agency ANA. The skull belongs to the Dihoplus pikermiensis species, which lived during the Upper Miocene period. Researchers found the fossilized remains in March in the Magantze and Trapeza areas of Sitia's Geopark, which spans nearly 300 million years of paleontological history.
The discovery includes three intact upper left molars, providing valuable information about the animal's diet and age. Dihoplus pikermiensis were two-horned, massive rhinoceroses common during the Pikermian Fauna era, which inhabited western Eurasia.
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