The newly unearthed species, known as Miopetaurista webbi, was discovered at the Gray Fossil Site, an incredibly rich site ...
A prehistoric giant flying squirrel once glided over ancient Appalachia but went extinct as the climate cooled. Its fossils, ...
It is amazing to imagine these giant flying squirrels gliding over rhinos and mastodons living in the forests of Tennessee.’ ...
Researchers have identified a giant flying squirrel fossil from a cache of unusual animal remains dug out of an ancient ...
"It is amazing to imagine these giant flying squirrels gliding over rhinos and mastodons," said paleontologist Joshua Samuels.
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 ...
An ancient giant flying squirrel once glided through the ancient forests of Southern Appalachia in Tennessee, USA, coexisting ...
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 ...