Tag Archive for 'Ruminant'

Life reconstruction of ancient giraffids. Image credit: Apokryltaros / CC BY 3.0.

Miocene Giraffid Species Had Two Pairs of Ossicones

Jul 12, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists in Pakistan have unveiled a new genus and species of prehistoric giraffe relative from the Miocene epoch. Life reconstruction of ancient...

Male combat in Discokeryx xiezhi. Image credit: Xiaocong Guo.

Miocene Giraffe Had Disk-Shaped Headgear and Head-Neck Joints Adapted for Head-Butting Combat

Jun 3, 2022 by News Staff

Paleontologists have identified a new species of giraffoid that lived in northern China during the Early Miocene epoch some 17 million years ago. Named...

Bronze Age baby bottles. Image credit: Enver-Hirsch, Wien Museum.

Archaeologists Find Prehistoric ‘Baby Bottles’ in Europe

Sep 25, 2019 by News Staff

Archaeologists have found traces of ruminant milk on pottery recovered from Neolithic sites in Europe. Bronze Age baby bottles. Image credit: Enver-Hirsch,...

Life reconstruction of the head of Xenokeryx amidalae; adult male based on the fossils from La Retama. Image credit: Israel Sánchez.

Xenokeryx amidalae: Ancient Three-Horned Mammal Unearthed in Spain

Dec 4, 2015 by Enrico de Lazaro

Fossil remains of a previously unknown species of palaeomerycid ruminant that lived about 16 million years ago have been found in Spain, paleontologists...