Field Museum scientist describes first vertebrate to live in trees
Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 18:49
in Paleontology & Archaeology
CHICAGO, IL -- In the Late Paleozoic (260 million years ago), long before dinosaurs dominated the Earth, ancient precursors to mammals took to the trees to feed on leaves and live high above predators that prowled the land, Jörg Fröbisch, PhD, a Field Museum paleontologist has concluded.