microrobert
08-20-2013, 07:03 PM
Fossil Reveals Long-Lived Mammal Group's Secret
New Jurassic find in China provides fresh evidence of early mammal evolution.
http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/703/cache/new-species-ancient-nocturnal-rodent-discovered_70368_600x450.jpg
An illustration of Rugosodon eurasiaticus padding along a lake shore at night.
The discovery of a 160-million-year-old fossil of a rodent-like creature is helping shed light on how one of the most evolutionarily successful mammalian groups to ever live gained dominance.
Dubbed Rugosodon eurasiaticus, the creature bore a superficial resemblance to a small rat or a chipmunk and was an early member of the group of mammals known as multituberculates.
Fossil Reveals Long-Lived Mammal Group's Secret (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/08/130815-multituberculate-rugosodon-early-mammal-evolution/)
New Jurassic find in China provides fresh evidence of early mammal evolution.
http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/703/cache/new-species-ancient-nocturnal-rodent-discovered_70368_600x450.jpg
An illustration of Rugosodon eurasiaticus padding along a lake shore at night.
The discovery of a 160-million-year-old fossil of a rodent-like creature is helping shed light on how one of the most evolutionarily successful mammalian groups to ever live gained dominance.
Dubbed Rugosodon eurasiaticus, the creature bore a superficial resemblance to a small rat or a chipmunk and was an early member of the group of mammals known as multituberculates.
Fossil Reveals Long-Lived Mammal Group's Secret (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/08/130815-multituberculate-rugosodon-early-mammal-evolution/)