Archaeologists and Palaeontologists have uncovered more than 7,000 skeletal remains of extinct species of animals on the Chilean coast, Heritage Daily reported on Sunday.
The extinct species that were uncovered were Camelidae (ancestors of camels), Cervidae (ancestors of deer), Equidae (ancestors of horses), Mylodontidae (an extinct group of giant land sloths), Xenarthra (an ancestor of sloths, anteaters and cingulate), Canidae (ancestor of dogs, foxes and wolves), myocastorinae and octodontidae (two ancestors to rodents) and multiple mylodon (another extinct type of giant sloth) remains.
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