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Friday, 12 February 2016

Ancient wildebeest-like Rusingoryx had nose similar to hadrosaurs

An ancient herbivore related to the wildebeest had a bizarre nose like a dinosaur that lived tens of millions of years earlier. The fierce-looking Rusingoryx atopocranion, which roamed the savannas of Africa between 55,000 and 75,000 years ago, had large sinuses and a trumpet-like nasal passage.

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