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Discovery of 'reptilian-mammal' fossil could rewrite history
FoxNews.com/Science ^ | May 29, 2018 | James Rogers

Posted on 05/29/2018 12:53:58 PM PDT by ETL

The discovery of an unusual fossilized skull in eastern Utah is shedding new light on Earth’s history.

The 130 million-year-old skull belonged to a previously unknown “reptile-like mammal.”

Experts have described the new species, named “Cifelliodon wahkarmoosuch,” in honor of paleontologist Richard Cifelli, in the journal Nature.

“Based on the unlikely discovery of this near-complete fossil cranium, we now recognize a new, cosmopolitan group of early mammal relatives,” said Adam Huttenlocker, lead author of the study and assistant professor of clinical integrative anatomical sciences at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, in a statement. ..."

Cifelliodon belongs to an extinct branch of mammal ancestors, according to the study.

Deseret News reports that, although it suckled its young, the hair-covered Cifelliodon laid eggs. There are only two kinds of egg-laying mammals in existence today – the platypus and the spiny anteater species.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Science
KEYWORDS: cifelliodon; dinosaurs; godsgravesglyphs; paleontology; richardcifelli; utah; valeriejarret; wahkarmoosuch
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To: Rastus

Your thinking of my younger brother General Ursus-a real ape!


41 posted on 05/29/2018 2:53:38 PM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: Dr. Ursus
That’s one handsome fella!


42 posted on 05/29/2018 2:55:56 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: RinaseaofDs

Thing is, nothing, and I mean there is NO EVIDENCE that species can somehow start as a reptile and over time become mammalian, for example.

...

Both are eukaryotes. Both are vertebrates. Both are tetrapods. They seem to have a lot in common.

But the fact is mammals didn’t evolve from reptiles. They have a common ancestor.

Why you would imply that evolution says mammals evolved from reptiles I don’t know for sure.


43 posted on 05/29/2018 3:15:36 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: NoCmpromiz

That look just like my infected finger when my old no gone dog bit me when he was passing on


44 posted on 05/29/2018 3:21:59 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: itsahoot
Here he is with a full set of teeth...


45 posted on 05/29/2018 3:25:58 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Moonman62

It posits that humans evolved from lower species. Full stop.

There’s no evidence to support it.


46 posted on 05/29/2018 3:31:34 PM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: al baby

710 in NY reporting the Roseanne Barr story said Jarrett is “Black”. This is news to me.


47 posted on 05/29/2018 3:42:22 PM PDT by TalBlack (It's hard to shoot people when they are shooting back at you...)
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To: al baby

Now that is Racist!


48 posted on 05/29/2018 3:42:37 PM PDT by TexasTransplant (Damn the Torpedoes! Full Speed Ahead!)
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To: RinaseaofDs

You’ve already given evidence that you’re not that knowledgeable of biology. Why is your opinion credible?


49 posted on 05/29/2018 3:56:15 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: al baby

That was my first thought too. The resemblance is uncanny.


50 posted on 05/29/2018 3:59:38 PM PDT by Boomer (Leftism is the Moral Equivalent of the Plague - It Destroys Anyone it Infects)
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To: al baby

Green and scaly?


51 posted on 05/29/2018 5:50:19 PM PDT by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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To: seawolf101

Poor T-Rex with his tiny arms, couldn’t clap.

Couldn’t pick his nose either.

Lol!


52 posted on 05/29/2018 6:12:49 PM PDT by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: VaeVictis

The FOX News story is based on the NATURE article linked below and and it has a hi-res scan of the creature’s skull on which mammalian features, especially dental ones were observed. The NATURE article also has a comprehensive graphic of Mesozoic mammal species evolutionary family tree development over time.

“Late-surviving stem mammal links the lowermost Cretaceous of North America and Gondwana”

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0126-y


53 posted on 05/29/2018 10:35:55 PM PDT by Seizethecarp
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To: al baby
Beat me to it. I've always said she's a reptilian looking bitch. She has the kind of face I'd love to kick in with a steel toed boot.
54 posted on 05/29/2018 11:03:34 PM PDT by jmacusa ("Made it Ma, top of the world!'')
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To: al baby
Valjar spent a lot of that Iranian kick back money in a Plastic Surgeons office
55 posted on 05/30/2018 3:10:32 AM PDT by DAC21
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To: centurion316

Oh indeed. Humans spent one thousand some years shutting down the Heliocentric theory for the incorrect Geocentric. This seems like a rather silly debate, when compared.


56 posted on 05/30/2018 6:39:30 AM PDT by VaeVictis (~Woe to the Conquered~)
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To: dangus
It’s not. It’s mammalian.

I totally agree. Based on the evidence around 2014, I thought this debate was over. The new findings in this article show nothing new to prove 'reptilian'. They just seem to still be calling them reptilian-mammals.

In fact, I actually found one of those old articles with a pretty solid reply that it is mammal: “For decades, scientists have been debating whether the extinct group, called Haramiyida, belongs within or outside of Mammalia,” said co-author Jin Meng, a curator in the Museum’s Division of Paleontology. “Previously, everything we knew about these animals was based on fragmented jaws and isolated teeth. But the new specimens we discovered are extremely well preserved. And based on these fossils, we now have a good idea of what these animals really looked like, which confirms that they are, indeed, mammals.”

https://sciworthy.com/early-mammals-diverged-from-reptiles-much-earlier-than-thought-in-the-late-triassic/

57 posted on 05/30/2018 11:51:31 AM PDT by VaeVictis (~Woe to the Conquered~)
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To: ETL
“reptile-like mammal.”

Proof of ValJar lineage

58 posted on 05/30/2018 11:55:23 AM PDT by redcatcherb412
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To: redcatcherb412
Proof of ValJar lineage

She's actually a mammal-like reptile but the confusion is understandable.

59 posted on 05/30/2018 11:57:46 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: VaeVictis

In fact, the trend is to call the ancestors of the mammals, and their entire side of amniote family tree, “synapsids” instead of “reptiles.”


60 posted on 05/30/2018 1:03:21 PM PDT by dangus
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