A jaw section from Menoceras, the only fossil ever found in New Rizaline soil; from the NMNR Paleontological Collection. On November 22, 2018, Menoceras was declared to be New Rizalia's national fossil. A jaw section of Menoceras, which is currently housed in the National Museum's collection, is currently the only fossil ever found within New Rizalia. The fossil comes from Highland Province, being approximately 30-19 million years old from the Miocene epoch.
Menoceras was a genus of small rhinoceros which lived in most of southern North America during the early Miocene epoch from 30.7 - 19.7 million years ago, existing for roughly 11 million years. Menoceras lived in tropical, savanna-like grassland and plains environment, living in large herds. Menoceros grew to a length of 5 feet long, around the size of a large pig, or a domesticated sheep. Being the only fossil ever found in New Rizalia, the fossil is important because it gives clues as to what the prehistoric New Rizaline environment was like, as well as which organisms inhabited it.
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