New proto-mammal fossil sheds light on evolution of earliest mammals
Wednesday, August 7, 2013 - 14:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A newly discovered fossil reveals the evolutionary adaptations of a 165-million-year-old proto-mammal, providing evidence that traits such as hair and fur originated well before the rise of the first true mammals. Biologists have now described the biological features of this ancient mammalian relative, named Megaconus mammaliaformis.