Archive for December 5th, 2013

Niassodon mfumukasi fossil Reveals New Data On Ancient Mammal Relatives

In the remote province of Niassa, Mozambique, a new species and genus of fossil vertebrate was found. The species is a distant relative of living mammals and is approximately 256 million years old. This new species belongs to a group of animals called synapsids. Synapsida includes a number of extinct lineages that dominated the communities […]