Scientists have discovered a miniature mammal fossil in the Patagon, who lived in South America about 74 million years ago. The small "neighbor" of dinosaurs weighed only 30-40 grams, about as much as modern mouse. The work has been published "Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Biological Sciences "(in PRSB) magazine.
The specified type is named Yeutherium Pressor. It is the smallest cycle mammal found in this region. During its existence, South America was part of the old continent of Gonduana.
About 3,000 km south of the Rio de Las Chess River, in Magalyan's district, two more individuals were fraged by tooth and crowns. According to Chilean University Study Hans Pushel, the structure of the teeth shows that the animal has eaten a hard plant food.
Yeutherium Pressor may have laid eggs both a platypus or wearing her cubs in the bag, like kangaroos and options. Like dinosaurs, this type is destroyed at the end of the Caved era, about 66 million years ago.
Discovery will help scientists better understand the variety of ancient Gondvana ecosystems and how early mammals have developed in the shadows of giant reptiles.
Translation of: Euromedia24.com
