Scientists Exhume Ancient Cat-sized Mammal Named After The Hobbit's 'Beorn'
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Scientists Exhume Ancient Cat-sized Mammal Named After The Hobbit's 'Beorn'

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Paleontology experts from the University of Colorado managed to exhume parts of teeth and lower jawbones of three mammals dating back to almost 66 million years ago. The mammals are believed to have roamed all around the continent of North America post the extinction of the dinosaurs about 66 million years ago. One of the mammals is the size of a cat and is named Beornus Honeyi, after Beorn, the fictional character from the movie Hobbit, due to the puffy cheek teeth the mammal honed. However, the newly discovered mammals hint towards the opposite direction.” The three distinct fossils discovered are a small chunk of the entire exhumation drive.

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Scientists discover rare ’Jurassic’ fossil of creature from 166 million years ago, learn secrets of mammals’ evolution
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Scientists discover rare ’Jurassic’ fossil of creature from 166 million years ago, learn secrets of mammals’ evolution

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Mammals are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates that give birth to live young and feed them with milk. Known as one of the most adaptable animals on the Earth, mammals are found on every continent and in every range in size, be it tiny bumblebee bats, to humans, or giant blue whales. Recently, scientists discovered two rare fossils in Scotland's …

Prehistoric ‘hobbit’ creature among fossils showing rapid evolution of mammals after dinosaur extinction
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Prehistoric ‘hobbit’ creature among fossils showing rapid evolution of mammals after dinosaur extinction

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Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Alongside Beornus honeyi, researchers found the remains of two other slightly smaller animals, which they …

This 'Crazy Beast' From Madagascar Was a Weird Early Mammal That Lived Among Dinosaurs
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This 'Crazy Beast' From Madagascar Was a Weird Early Mammal That Lived Among Dinosaurs

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Researchers have uncovered the fossil of an early mammal named the “crazy beast” that lived 66 million years ago alongside dinosaurs and giant crocodiles on Madagascar, and it’s unlike any mammal ever known, living or extinct. “Knowing what we know about the skeletal anatomy of all living and extinct mammals, it is difficult to imagine that a mammal like Adalatherium …

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