[Geology2] Re: Tiny Prehistoric Camel Species Found

I'd walk a mile for a camel.
 
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"bayouhalflings@aol.com" bayouhalflings@aol.com etherdomain   Date:
Fri Mar 9, 2012 10:45 am ((PST)) 
 
Two new species of "bizarre," tiny camels that browsed ancient rain
forests have been found in Panama, a new study says. Between 2008 and
2011, scientists unearthed tiny pieces of fossils in the Las Cascadas
paleontological site. 
 
Back in the lab, "I started putting everything together and realized, oh
 
wow, I have a nearly complete jaw," study leader Aldo Rincon, a graduate
 
student in vertebrate paleontology at the University of Florida in
Gainesville, said in a statement. 
 
From the new fossils, Rincon and his team described two new prehistoric
camel species: Aguascalietia panamaensis and Aguascalientia minuta, both
 
of which roamed the Central American tropics about 20 million years ago. 
 
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