Summary:
- The article reports on the discovery of a new species of giant rhinoceros-sized mammal, Paraceratherium, that lived in Asia during the Eocene epoch around 34 million years ago.
- Paraceratherium was one of the largest land mammals that ever existed, weighing up to 15 tons and standing over 5 meters tall at the shoulder, making it larger than modern African elephants.
- The discovery provides insights into the evolution and diversity of large herbivorous mammals during the Eocene, a period when mammals were diversifying and expanding in size after the extinction of the dinosaurs.