A 165-million-year-old aquatic mammaliaform: (VIDEO)

University of Bonn

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The “top predator” from the Jurassic is relatively small in size: Megacauda sungei measures just half a meter from its nose to the tip of its tail. 165 million years ago, the furry ancestor to today’s mammals hunted its prey in water.

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Animation by April Neander/The University of Chicago

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