Cifelliodon belongs to an extinct branch of mammal ancestors, experts say (Jorge A. Gonzalez)
Posted on 05/29/2018 12:53:58 PM PDT by ETL
The discovery of an unusual fossilized skull in eastern Utah is shedding new light on Earth’s history.
The 130 million-year-old skull belonged to a previously unknown “reptile-like mammal.”
Experts have described the new species, named “Cifelliodon wahkarmoosuch,” in honor of paleontologist Richard Cifelli, in the journal Nature.
“Based on the unlikely discovery of this near-complete fossil cranium, we now recognize a new, cosmopolitan group of early mammal relatives,” said Adam Huttenlocker, lead author of the study and assistant professor of clinical integrative anatomical sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, in a statement. ..."
Cifelliodon belongs to an extinct branch of mammal ancestors, according to the study.
Deseret News reports that, although it suckled its young, the hair-covered Cifelliodon laid eggs. There are only two kinds of egg-laying mammals in existence today – the platypus and the spiny anteater species.
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Valjar’s cousin?
5.56mm
Wow, that was close.
5.56mm
An incomplete cranium. That’s it? How do they know it was reptilian?
They got all that from a cranium?
That didn’t take long!
Hell, that’s just a ringtailed possum.
Something that resulted from a drunk racoon
after an all night binge on fermented watermelon.
Too bad they didn’t find a tooth, so they could tell us what kind of music the beast liked (probably hip hop).
I found an arrowhead in my dad’s desk drawer over the weekend.
It was made by an extinct archer fish that had arms nearly 400 million years ago.
“Hell, that’s just a ringtailed possum.
Something that resulted from a drunk racoon
after an all night binge on fermented watermelon.”
Did you mean to reply to post #2?
Desperately pawing around looking for ANYTHING that would support evolution. They need evidence that a frog could become a tiger, essentially.
I’ve heard of Frogger!
...Because a Cranium without Uranium is just Insanium!
Nah, that is purely reptilian, something like
a cross between a snake and a moslem.
Because they studied paleontology, you can't do this by just reading Free Republic
Too easy.
“How do they know it was reptilian?”
Process of elimination. They ruled out Grays and Zeta Reticulans.
Warf’s ancestors!???
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