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Giant Flying Squirrel Soared Through The North American Skies Nearly 5 Million Years Ago
The newly unearthed species, known as Miopetaurista webbi, was discovered at the Gray Fossil Site, an incredibly rich site ...
Ancient Giant Flying Squirrel Discovered in Tennessee
A prehistoric giant flying squirrel once glided over ancient Appalachia but went extinct as the climate cooled. Its fossils, ...
Flying squirrels the size of cats soared over prehistoric Appalachia
It is amazing to imagine these giant flying squirrels gliding over rhinos and mastodons living in the forests of Tennessee.’ ...
Live Science on MSN10 天
Giant flying squirrels as big as cats once lived in Tennessee
Researchers have identified a giant flying squirrel fossil from a cache of unusual animal remains dug out of an ancient ...
North America Had Giant, Cat-Sized Flying Squirrels 4.75 Million Years Ago
"It is amazing to imagine these giant flying squirrels gliding over rhinos and mastodons," said paleontologist Joshua Samuels.
Newsweek12 天
North America Had Giant, Cat-Sized Flying Squirrels 4.75 Million Years Ago
Contrary to what one might expect, however, Miopetaurista is not closely related to the squirrels we now see in North America; they have in fact more in common with the giant flying squirrels of ...
Greek Reporter11 天
Ancient Giant Flying Squirrel Found in Tennessee
An ancient giant flying squirrel once glided through the ancient forests of Southern Appalachia in Tennessee, USA, coexisting ...
Techno-Science.net6 天
Discovery: giant flying squirrels once lived in North America ️
About 5 million years ago, a giant flying squirrel, the size of a cat, glided over the forests of what is now Tennessee, alongside rhinos and mastodons. This unexpected discovery sheds light on the ...