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Re: Deccan dinosaurs?
On Sat, 14 Jun 1997, Sam Girouard wrote:
> [...]
> cave, as well as odd protrusions into the basalt. The bones turned out to be
> those of the rhino extinct Diceratotherium, the two-horned rhino, and it
> seemed probable that the cave must be the mold of the animal! A team from
> Berkeley cast the mold, and indeed the result was a plaster rendering of a
> bloated rhino carcass that was covered by advancing lava, preserved from
> utter cremation due to water saturation. Although the rhino was already dead
Fascinating, Captain. Do you know of a book or whatever where one might view
a picture of this cast?
> [...]
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