Meet Grandad: Weird, Ancient Reptile Gave Rise to Mammals
Wednesday, October 5, 2016 - 13:51
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Two weird, mammal-like reptiles that sort of looked like scaly rats, each smaller than a loaf of bread, roamed ancient Brazil about 235 million years ago, likely dining on insects the predators snagged with their pointy teeth, a new study finds.