Published January 1, 2012
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A Rhinocerotid Skull Cooked-to-Death in a 9.2 Ma-Old Ignimbrite Flow of Turkey
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- 1. Univ Montpellier 2, CNRS, UMR 5554, Inst Sci Evolut, Montpellier, France
- 2. MTA, Gen Directorate, Dept Geol, Ankara, Turkey
- 3. Hacettepe Univ, Dept Geol Engn, Ankara, Turkey
- 4. MTA, Gen Directorate, Nat Hist Museum, Ankara, Turkey
- 5. Museum Natl Hist Nat, UMR 7207, CNRS, Ctr Rech Paleobiodiversite & Paleoenvironm, Paris, France
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Background: Preservation of fossil vertebrates in volcanic rocks is extremely rare. An articulated skull (cranium and mandible) of a rhinoceros was found in a 9.2 +/- 0.1 Ma-old ignimbrite of Cappadocia, Central Turkey. The unusual aspect of the preserved hard tissues of the skull (rough bone surface and brittle dentine) allows suspecting a peri-mortem exposure to a heating source.
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