Meet Your Mama: First Ancestor of All Placental Mammals Revealed

LiveScience ^ | February 7, 2013 | Charles Choi

[EveningStar]

A tiny, furry-tailed creature is the most complete picture yet as to what the ancestor of mice, elephants, lions, tigers, bears, whales, bats and humans once looked like, researchers say.

These new findings also suggest this forerunner of most mammals appeared shortly after the catastrophe that ended the age of dinosaurs, scientists added.

[TigersEye]

That was Marty Feldman’s ancestor.

[RegulatorCountry]

Why, look, it’s an Audubon print. /s

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

I saw one of those last week.
Must not be as extinct as they thinked.

[GraceG]

Ironically it looks a lot like an opossum.

Americas only native MARSUPIAL.

So they propose that the first placental mammal looked a lot like one of the only remaining marsupials outside of Australia.

That would explain my nighttime hissing...

[SunkenCiv]

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Thanks EveningStar. Missed this when it first you posted it. Just adding to the catalog, not sending a general distribution. To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list.