[Rockhounds] Mammal Marooned on Mesozoic Madagascar

[Paul]

'Crazy Beast' Fossil Discovered in Madagascar Reveals
Bizarre Mammal From the Cretaceous
Ryan F. Mandelbaum, Gizmodo, April 29, 2020
https://gizmodo.com/crazy-beast-fossil-discovered-in-madagascar-reveals-biz-1843143385

My, what big teeth and strange bones you have.
Scientists discover a creature that roamed south
of the equator 66 million years ago.
By Ben Guarno, Washington Post, April 29, 2020
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2020/04/29/mammal-skeleton-adalatherium-hui/

Marooned on Mesozoic Madagascar: Researchers
discover 66-million-year-old 'crazy beast'
by Stony Brook University, April 29, 2020
https://phys.org/news/2020-04-marooned-mesozoic-madagascar-million-year-old-crazy.html
https://www.livescience.com/ancient-bizarre-mammal-madagascar.html

Krause, D.W., Hoffmann, S., Hu, Y. et al. Skeleton
of a Cretaceous mammal from Madagascar reflects
long-term insularity. Nature (2020).
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2234-8

Yorus,

Paul H.