North America Had Giant, Cat-Sized Flying Squirrels 4.75 Million Years Ago
"It is amazing to imagine these giant flying squirrels gliding over rhinos and mastodons," said paleontologist Joshua Samuels.
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Giant Flying Squirrel Soared Through The North American Skies Nearly 5 Million Years Ago
This species of flying squirrel has previously been discovered in sites in Europe ... Instead, they are more closely related to giant squirrels in Japan, China, and Indonesia. Despite their larger ...
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Discovery reveals giant flying squirrel once soared over Southern Appalachia
A giant flying squirrel—about the size of today's house ... But their closest relatives are the giant flying squirrels in Japan, China and Indonesia. These giant flying squirrels had a ...
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, found at the Gray Fossil Site, reveal a surprising connection to Eurasian ...
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Giant flying squirrel fossil found in East Tennessee
Courtesy of ETSU (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license) The species’ closest relatives are reportedly the present-day giant flying squirrels in Japan, China and Indonesia, not the average squirrel seen in ...
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Ancient giant flying squirrel once soared over Tennessee, study finds
The Gray Fossil Site, overseen by the Don Sundquist Center of Excellence in Paleontology at East Tennessee State University, ...
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Gray Fossil Site finds giant flying squirrel fossil
Courtesy of ETSU (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license) The species’ closest relatives are reportedly the present-day giant flying squirrels in Japan, China and Indonesia, not the average squirrel seen in ...