mammal

A new examine tracks the evolution of the sea cow

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KOMPA.com – A review identified evolution sea ​​cowa member of Sirenia who is an order mammal which contains 4 species, viz blood (genus dugong) and 3 manatees (genus Trichechus). Sea cow it is a distinctive creature simply because it is the only aquatic mammal that is also herbivorous. Its habitat is primarily in heat waters, … Read more

Synapsid Lifestyle 264 Million Years Ago Similar to Hippopotamus

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Frederik Spindler – Artist’s impression of Lalieudorhynchus gandi and the aquatic temnospondyl tupilacosaurid (bottom left). – Nationalgeographic.co.id—Paleontologists have identified a new genus and species of caseid synapsids that lived 264 million years ago. periode Permian. They analyzed a partial but well-preserved postcranial skeleton found in France. The ancient animal belongs to the Caseidae, a group … Read more

Ear fossils reveal origins of warm-blooded mammals

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KOMPAS.com – Before becoming warm-blooded animals, ancestors mammal are cold blooded creatures. But the ancestor of these mammals later evolved, it’s just that the timing of the transition is still being debated. Warm-blooded or endothermic animals themselves are animals that can maintain a constant high body temperature because of their fast metabolism. Also read: Eggshell … Read more

Scientific Reasons Why Ancient Animals Was Bigger Than Today’s Animals

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Surabaya – The largest animal today when compared to the prehistoric animals that ever inhabited the earth, its size is nothing. Call it dinosaurs, crocodiles, snakes, or any kind of giant fish. Vertebrate paleobiologist at Florida State University in Tallahassee Greg Erickson says that the large size of ancient animals is known from the abundance … Read more

After the extinction of the dinosaurs, mammals grew in size to survive

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KOMPAS.com – A new study reveals that after the extinction dinosaur, mammal choose to prioritize size increase body they instead develop brain the bigger one. The study mentions that during the first ten million years, dinosaur extinctionmammals did so to adapt to radical changes in the makeup of the animal kingdom on Earth. In a … Read more

Scientists Find Traces of Mysterious Hypercarnivorous Animals That Have Been Extinct

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Jakarta – Scientists have identified a 42 million year old jawbone. It is known, the bone belongs to hypercarnivorous animal mysterious roaming the territory of California. This monstrous bobcat-sized mammal roamed the jungles of what is now San Diego. Unlike most animals at the time, he was a hypercarnivorous group that always ate meat. Launch … Read more

Mammal Evolution Timeline Clearer Through New Scientific Developments – All Pages

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shutter_m/Getty Images/iStockphoto – Evolution illustration. Through the new method, scientists have a detailed understanding of when mammals appeared and evolved to this day. – Nationalgeographic.co.id—Speed ​​thing evolution, its timeline and species types have long been noted by scientists. The problem is, there’s always a new discovery that fills in the gaps in the timeline that … Read more

Mammal Evolution Timeline Clearer Through New Scientific Developments

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shutter_m/Getty Images/iStockphoto – Evolution illustration. Through the new method, scientists have a detailed understanding of when mammals appeared and evolved to this day. – Nationalgeographic.co.id—Speed ​​thing evolution, its timeline and species types have long been noted by scientists. The problem is, there’s always a new discovery that fills in the gaps in the timeline that … Read more