‘It likely had giraffes, rhinos, elephants and giant crocodiles in the Miocene period’
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The hot arid desert of Kutch was once a humid subtropical forest with a variety of birds, freshwater fish and possibly giraffes and rhinos, a team of Indian and French researchers has said.
Their conclusions are based on the discovery of a tranche of vertebrate fossils from nearly 14 million years ago in a geological period known as the Miocene. After the discovery, they took nearly 12 years for analysis.
The fossils, consisting mostly of ribs, and parts of teeth and bones, were unearthed from Palasava village of Rapar taluk in Kutch, Gujarat.
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