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An illustration of the Jurassic platypus-like animal Megacauda sungeiwhich had a broad tail for swimming, and shearing teeth for consuming fish. (Image credit: April I. Neander)
A recently found platypus-like animal is the largest-known mammal relative from the whole Jurassic duration, a brand-new research study discovers– although it still just weighed as much as a Chihuahua.
The animal, which hunted salamanders in the freshwater lakes and rivers of what is now Inner Mongolia, China, lived throughout the mid-Jurassic in between 168 million and 163 million years earlier. It appears to be the earliest recognized mammal-type animal that lived a semiaquatic life.
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Chris Simms is an independent reporter who formerly operated at New Scientist for more than 10 years, in functions consisting of primary subeditor and assistant news editor. He was likewise a senior subeditor at Nature and has a degree in zoology from Queen Mary University of London. In the last few years, he has actually composed various short articles forNew Scientistand in 2018 was shortlisted for Best Newcomer at the Association of British Science Writers awards.
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