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‘Giant’ Flying Squirrel Pulled From Ancient Sinkhole In Appalachian Mountains
Researchers at theGray Fossil Site and Museum in northeastern Tennessee, have recently uncovered the remains of a 4.9-million-year-old giant flying squirrel (Miopetaurista webbi). The site, which has ...
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Researchers discover prehistoric giant flying squirrel
A giant flying squirrel, roughly the size of a house cat ... Now, a fossil discovery in Tennessee sheds new light on their unexpected journey into North America. The discovery comes from the ...
Ancient Giant Flying Squirrel Discovered in Tennessee
A prehistoric giant flying squirrel once glided over ancient Appalachia but went extinct as the climate cooled. Its fossils, ...
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Giant flying squirrels as big as cats once lived in Tennessee
Researchers identified the flying squirrel fossil among a cache of animal remains that were unearthed in Tennessee 25 years ago. The specimen belongs to an extinct genus called Miopetaurista ...
‘Incredibly rare’ giant flying squirrel fossil found in Tennessee — with ‘puzzling’ past
An ancient species of giant flying squirrel was found in a sinkhole lake fossil site in eastern Tennessee. Photo by Dan ...
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‘Incredibly rare’ giant flying squirrel fossil found in Tennessee — with ‘puzzling’ past
Now, they are adding giant flying squirrels to the picture. Researchers discovered a partial fossil of a giant flying squirrel estimated ... Fossil Site provided new information and helped to ...
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‘Incredibly rare’ giant flying squirrel fossil found in Tennessee — with ‘puzzling’ past
An ancient species of giant flying squirrel was found in a sinkhole lake ... but the specimen of the Gray Fossil Site provided new information and helped to confirm that somehow these giant ...