"'Crazy Beast' Fossil Discovered in Madagascar Reveals" Topic
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| Tango01 | 30 Apr 2020 4:08 p.m. PST |
…Bizarre Mammal From the Cretaceous "An incredible skeleton unearthed in Madagascar over 20 years ago has finally been studied in detail. The well-preserved bones reveal a "crazy beast" that was unlike any mammal living today. The creature belongs to a new genus and species called Adalatherium hui. Its genus name translates to "crazy beast," while its species name honors researcher Yaoming Hu who helped analyze the fossil but passed away in 2008. The specimen represents a poorly understood group of mammals called Gondwanatherians, but this individual had lots of seemingly unique features. The researchers think that the uniqueness comes from the species evolving in isolation on the island of Madagascar for at least 20 million years…."
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| Zephyr1 | 30 Apr 2020 9:04 p.m. PST |
Yes, millions of years of inbreeding, what can go wrong…? ;-) |
| Tango01 | 01 May 2020 11:40 a.m. PST |
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