4.7 million years ago, giant flying squirrels moved through America’s treetops
These giant flying squirrels once glided through the landscape of Southern Appalachia around 4.7 million years ago, ...
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5 million-year-old tooth from Tennessee belongs to house cat-size flying squirrel
Researchers have identified a giant flying squirrel fossil from a cache of unusual animal remains dug out of an ancient ...
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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 ...
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, ...
Discovery reveals giant flying squirrel once soared over Southern Appalachia
A giant flying squirrel—about the size of today's house cats—once soared through the skies over what is now Southern ...
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.
‘Incredibly rare’ giant flying squirrel fossil found in Tennessee — with ‘puzzling’ past
The Gray Fossil Site was once an ancient sinkhole lake surrounded by a dense forest of hickory, oak and pine trees, ...
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5-million-year-old fossil reveals ‘giant’ flying squirrel in North America
Researchers in Tennessee discover extremely rare fossil of a giant flying squirrel that arrived during the last Ice Age.
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Rare giant flying squirrel fossil discovered at Gray Fossil Site
GRAY, Tenn. (WCYB) — Workers at the Gray Fossil Site and Museum made a rare discovery of a giant flying squirrel fossil. This squirrel is estimated to have lived 5 million years ago. Museum ...
Giant flying squirrel found at Tennessee university’s fossil site
These giant flying squirrels had a lightweight build, weighing around three pounds – and were quite agile in the treetops.” ...
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Ancient Giant Flying Squirrel Found in Tennessee
An ancient giant flying squirrel once glided through the ancient forests of Southern Appalachia in Tennessee, USA, coexisting ...
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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 fossil site in eastern Tennessee. Photo by Dan Meyers via Unsplash Scientists had an idea of what prehistoric Appalachia ...