Jurassic Fossil Shows Mammal-Like Throat Evolved Far Earlier Than Thought

The Largest Early Mammal Relative Alive In The Jurassic Looked Like A Cross Between An Otter And A Platypus

Jurassic Park would have looked a lot different with these guys splashing around.

Jurassic Fossil Shows Mammal-Like Throat Evolved Far Earlier Than Thought

Megacauda sungei, a furry, otter-size mammaliaform that lived in what is now Inner Mongolia, China, some 165 million years ago, was semiaquatic, swimming and foraging in water, with a lifestyle analogous to the living platypus. The post Jurassic Fossil Shows Mammal-Like Throat Evolved Far Earlier Than Thought appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

'It looks like a chimera' — 168 million years ago, a strange platypus-like mammal relative lived in China alongside dinosaurs

A predatory mammal-like animal from the Jurassic seems to have characteristics of both a platypus and an otter.

Fossil of 'platypus-like' animal from dinosaur era unearthed in China

Scientists have found the earliest-known fossil of a mammal-like animal that lived more than 160 million years ago in the mid-Jurassic period and may have hunted fish and salamander.