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Konopka, B., 2021. Palaeontologists reconstructing skeleton of rare prehistoric rhino reveal it was saved ‘by a whisker’ after builders wanted to throw it away. The First News, October 5, 2021: 9 figs, Warsaw

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Location: Europe - Estern Europe - Poland
Subject: Distribution - Records
Species: Fossil


Original text on this topic:
The article speaks about the 120,000 year-old almost fully preserved skeleton of Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis (Jäger) called “Stefania” found by the builders working on the S3 motorway near Gorzów Wielkopolski (in W-Poland) in May 2016. The article ‘ll be posted as soon as possible.
In Sobczyk & al (2020) the geology as well as the palaeoecology of the site are widely described. On the S. kirchbengensis diet from Gorzów Wielkopolski see in Stefaniak & al (2021).

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