9.2-million-year-old rhino skull preserved by instant 'cooking to death' in volcanic ash

Wednesday, November 21, 2012 - 23:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Less than two percent of the earth's fossils are preserved in volcanic rock, but researchers have identified a new one: the skull of a rhino that perished in a volcanic eruption 9.2 million years ago.

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