was the latter place ever under any foreign rule?
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what is shapinsay? One of the Orkney Islands off the north coast of mainland Scotland. where does the place gets its name from? The final 'ay' is from the Old Norse for "island", but the first two syllables are more difficult to interpret. what type of plants are found here? UNANSWERABLE where was the language mentioned above prevalent? Scandinavia. where is this place located? Northern Europe. are any mountain ranges located here? Yes, Scandinavian Mountains. what is this range called locally? "Kölen" and "Kjølen". what is the nature of the rocks of this mountain? Most of the rocks of it are Caledonian. how was this range formed? It attained its height by tectonic processes different from orogeny, chiefly in the Cenozoic. what does the last term mean? The current and most recent of the three geological eras of the Phanerozoic Eon. what animals lived during this time? Entelodon, Paraceratherium and Basilosaurus. what did the second one eat? Soft leaves and shrubs. where did it live? Between China and the Balkans.
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Paraceratherium [SEP] Introduction
Paraceratherium is an extinct genus of hornless rhinoceros. It is one of the largest terrestrial mammals that has existed and lived from the early to late Oligocene epoch (34–23 million years ago). Its remains have been found across Eurasia between China and the Balkans. It is classified as a member of the hyracodont subfamily Indricotheriinae. "Paraceratherium" means "near the hornless beast", in reference to "Aceratherium", the genus in which the type species "A. bugtiense" was originally placed. The exact size of "Paraceratherium" is unknown because of the incompleteness of the fossils. The shoulder height was about , and the length about .