Mammal that was Marooned on Mesozoic Madagascar

[Oxytropidoceras]

'Crazy Beast' Fossil Discovered in Madagascar Reveals 

Bizarre Mammal From the Cretaceous

Ryan F. Mandelbaum, Gizmodo, April 29, 2020

https://gizmodo.com/crazy-beast-fossil-discovered-in-madagascar-reveals-biz-1843143385

 

My, what big teeth and strange bones you have. 

Scientists discover a creature that roamed south 

of the equator 66 million years ago.

By Ben Guarno, Washington Post, April 29, 2020

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2020/04/29/mammal-skeleton-adalatherium-hui/

 

Marooned on Mesozoic Madagascar: Researchers 

discover 66-million-year-old 'crazy beast'

by Stony Brook University, April 29, 2020

https://phys.org/news/2020-04-marooned-mesozoic-madagascar-million-year-old-crazy.html

https://www.livescience.com/ancient-bizarre-mammal-madagascar.html

 

The paper is:

 

Krause, D.W., Hoffmann, S., Hu, Y. et al. Skeleton 

of a Cretaceous mammal from Madagascar reflects 

long-term insularity. Nature (2020). 

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2234-8

 

Yours,

Paul H.

[jpc]

2 hours ago, Oxytropidoceras said:

 

The paper is:

 

Krause, D.W., Hoffmann, S., Hu, Y. et al. Skeleton 

of a Cretaceous mammal from Madagascar reflects 

long-term insularity. Nature (2020). 

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2234-8

 

Yours,

Paul H.

This is very cool, but the 'paper' is only the absract.  The paper itself is firewalled.

[Tidgy's Dad]

The BBC's rather disappointing article on the matter :

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52465584

[Scylla]

I miss Dr. Krause since he left Stonybrook. Here is the local version:

https://news.stonybrook.edu/facultystaff/stony-brook-scientists-unearth-bizarre-ancient-mammal/

[jpc]

I have the pdf but it is too big to load onto here.  If anyone wants it let me know.