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New Genus of Deer Discovered at Badlands National Park
May 9, 2024 · Source: National Park Service
A team of researchers from Badlands National Park, the American Museum of Natural History, and California State Polytechnic University have described the fossil remains of a new genus of tiny, hornless deer that lived in South Dakota about 32 million years ago, during the Oligocene Epoch.
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