"Gigantic mammal 'cousin' discovered" Topic
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Tango01 | 12 Mar 2019 3:06 p.m. PST |
"The earth is about 4.5 billion years old and has gone through many geological periods and dramatic change. During the Triassic period, about 252-201 million years ago, all land on Earth came together and formed the massive continent called Pangea. During this time, the first dinosaurs came into being as well as ancestors to crocodiles, mammals, pterosaurs, turtles, frogs, and lizards. Recently, scientists have become interested in another type of animal, therapsids. Therapsids were "mammal-like" reptiles and are ancestors to the mammals, including humans, found today. One group of therapsids is called dicynodonts. All species of dicynodonts were herbivores (plant eaters) and their sizes ranged from small burrowers to large browsers. Most of them were also toothless. They survived the Permian mass extinction and became the dominant terrestrial herbivores in the Middle and Late Triassic. They were thought to have died out before the dinosaurs became the dominant form of tetrapod on land…." Main page link Amicalement Armand
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gavandjosh02 | 12 Mar 2019 6:04 p.m. PST |
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Tango01 | 13 Mar 2019 12:10 p.m. PST |
A votre service mon ami!. (smile) Amicalement Armand
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