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Giant Flying Squirrels Once Lived in North America

Paleontologists have found the 4.9-million-year-old (Early Pliocene) fossilized remains of the extinct flying squirrel Miopetaurista webbi in Tennessee, the United States. The post Giant Flying Squirrels Once Lived in North America appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

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Giant Flying Squirrels Once Lived in North America
Life appearance of the fossil flying squirrel Miopetaurista neogrivensis showing the animal ready to land on a tree branch. Image credit: Oscar Sanisidro / ICP.

Paleontologists have found the 4.9-million-year-old (Early Pliocene) fossilized remains of the extinct flying squirrel Miopetaurista webbi in Tennessee, the United States.

The post Giant Flying Squirrels Once Lived in North America appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

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