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Jurassic Fossil Shows Mammal-Like Throat Evolved Far Earlier Than Thought


Megacauda sungei, a furry, otter-size mammaliaform that lived in what is now Inner Mongolia, China, some 165 million years ago, was semiaquatic, swimming and foraging in water, with a lifestyle analogous to the living platypus.

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