'Oddball' Hippopotimus-Sized Mammal Fossils Found On Aleutian Islands | Video
Tuesday, October 6, 2015 - 11:10
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The 23 million year-old animal, part of marine mammal group Desmostylia, had tusks and a long snout. Its anatomy reveals that it "sucked vegetation from shorelines like a vacuum cleaner," according to paleontologist Louis L. Jacobs.