A fossil discovered near Kemmerer, Wyoming, may be the first of its kind and is the largest mammal found to date in the 50-million-year-old Green River Formation.
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Rare mammal fossil discovered in Wyoming
A fossil discovered near Kemmerer, Wyoming, may be the first of its kind and is the largest mammal found to date, in the 50-million-year-old Green River Formation. Officials with the Wyoming State Geological Survey say the discovery of an ancient tapiromorph, may support a North American origin of tapirs that in modern times typically inhabit […]