Archive for November 23rd, 2012

Rhino Skull Preserved in Volcanic Ash

Less than 2% of 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. The find is described in a paper published Nov. 21 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Pierre-Olivier Antoine and colleagues from the […]