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Fossils in Finland span the Precambrian and Cenozoic eras.

There are precambrian fossils n Archean and Proterozoic layers from ancient soils, and three layers such as siltsones, mudstones and sandstones at 1650 Ga.

In the Pleistocene layer, horns of a Finnish woolly rhinoceros were discovered.

References

  1. Precambrian Geology of Finland. Elsevier. 2005. ISBN 978-0-08-045759-8 – via Google Books.
  2. Fortelius, Mikael (1983-09-01). "The Morphology and Paleobiological Significance of the Horns of Coelodonta antiquitatis (Mammalia: Rhinocerotidae)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 3 (2): 125–135. Bibcode:1983JVPal...3..125F. doi:10.1080/02724634.1983.10011964. JSTOR 4522937 – via JSTOR.
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