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Wind Cave National Park
Centennial Paleontology Site - Fossils Revealed
 
Notice the Pi Shape the Teeth Have

Notice the Pi Shape the Teeth Have

Routine Investigation Reveals Fossils

In July 2003, paleontologists were on a routine investigation of fossil sites in the park when something caught their attention. It was a very large set of fossil teeth. Careful study revealed that these were the teeth of an ancient hornless rhinoceros - Subhyracodon occidentalis.

 
Paleontologist Greg McDonald

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Paleontologist Greg McDonald
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Bull Elk  

Did You Know?
Elk were the most widely distributed member of the deer family in North America and spread from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from Mexico to northern Alberta. Elk began to disappear in the eastern United States in the early 1800s.
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