{"id":121699,"date":"2024-11-03T19:43:48","date_gmt":"2024-11-03T12:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=121699"},"modified":"2024-11-03T19:43:48","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T12:43:48","slug":"scientists-identify-new-mammal-swamp-dweller-that-coexisted-with-dinosaurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=121699","title":{"rendered":"Scientists identify new mammal \u2018swamp dweller\u2019 that coexisted with dinosaurs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>BOULDER, Colo. \u2013 <\/strong>Paleontologists have announced their discovery of an ancient mammal that lived around 70-75 million years ago in a swampy area of what is today northwestern <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/colorado\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Colorado;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Colorado<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a study published this week, the scientists identified the animal as Heleocola piceanus, a creature about the size of a muskrat living at the time dinosaurs roamed the Earth.<\/p>\n<p>The name is inspired by the environment where the creature lived. Unlike the Colorado known today, the Colorado of H. piceanus\u2019s time was partially underwater.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 538px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-lightbox caas-img-loader\" style=\"padding-bottom:56%\" data-lightbox-src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/EhsMn8ozpPtAwpAPSYQXsg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTI0MDA7aD0xMzQ0\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/fox_weather_articles_483\/9f1d9ca5d84aa75291d7e68f6f24819c\"><span class=\"caas-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img caas-lazy has-preview\" alt=\"Artist's depiction of H. piceanus in a Late Cretaceous swamp. (Illustration by Brian Engh-LivingRelicProductions.com, courtesy of Utah Field House of Natural History)\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/KRrJkTgpqbX.9BfMRvr7Bg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTUzOA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/fox_weather_articles_483\/9f1d9ca5d84aa75291d7e68f6f24819c\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Artist's depiction of H. piceanus in a Late Cretaceous swamp. (Illustration by Brian Engh-LivingRelicProductions.com, courtesy of Utah Field House of Natural History)\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/KRrJkTgpqbX.9BfMRvr7Bg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTUzOA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/fox_weather_articles_483\/9f1d9ca5d84aa75291d7e68f6f24819c\" class=\"caas-img\"\/><button class=\"link caas-lightbox\" aria-label=\"View larger image\" data-ylk=\"sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;elm:expand;itc:1\"><span class=\"openArrows icon\"><svg width=\"22\" height=\"22\" viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\"><path d=\"M12.372 0.92C12.372 0.414 12.782 0.004 13.287 0.004L21 0L20.996 7.712C20.996 8.217 20.586 8.628 20.08 8.628C19.574 8.628 19.164 8.217 19.164 7.712V3.183L12.337 10.011L10.988 8.663L17.816 1.835H13.287C12.782 1.835 12.372 1.425 12.372 0.92ZM1.835 17.816L8.663 10.988L10.012 12.337L3.183 19.164H7.712C8.218 19.164 8.627 19.574 8.627 20.08C8.627 20.586 8.218 20.995 7.712 20.995L0 21L0.004 13.287C0.004 12.782 0.414 12.372 0.92 12.372C1.425 12.372 1.835 12.782 1.835 13.287V17.816Z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">Artist&#8217;s depiction of H. piceanus in a Late Cretaceous swamp. (Illustration by Brian Engh-LivingRelicProductions.com, courtesy of Utah Field House of Natural History)<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;The region might have looked kind of like Louisiana,&#8221; said ReBecca Hunt-Foster, co-author on the study and a paleontologist at Dinosaur National Monument in Utah and western Colorado. &#8220;We see a lot of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/animals\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:animals;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">animals<\/a> that were living in the water quite happily, like sharks, rays and guitarfish.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/dinosaur-fossil-revealed-after-historic-rains-brazil\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Dinosaur Fossil Revealed After Heavy Rains In Brazil;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong>Dinosaur Fossil Revealed After Heavy Rains In Brazil<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Because of this swampy environment, the newly identified mammal\u2019s name roughly means &#8220;swamp dweller&#8221; in Latin, according to the University of Colorado.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 538px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-lightbox caas-img-loader\" style=\"padding-bottom:56%\" data-lightbox-src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/vjDlJX.lD5E0..WFWYGLDA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTI0MDA7aD0xMzQ2\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/fox_weather_articles_483\/7f87f20e721c0ee27bfc2cc0198bf5be\"><span class=\"caas-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img caas-lazy has-preview\" alt=\"Map of a body of water known as the Western Interior Seaway covering much of North America roughly 75 million years ago.\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/rb8gn2Fp9uQqm7HMsqV7nQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTUzOA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/fox_weather_articles_483\/7f87f20e721c0ee27bfc2cc0198bf5be\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Map of a body of water known as the Western Interior Seaway covering much of North America roughly 75 million years ago.\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/rb8gn2Fp9uQqm7HMsqV7nQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTUzOA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/fox_weather_articles_483\/7f87f20e721c0ee27bfc2cc0198bf5be\" class=\"caas-img\"\/><button class=\"link caas-lightbox\" aria-label=\"View larger image\" data-ylk=\"sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;elm:expand;itc:1\"><span class=\"openArrows icon\"><svg width=\"22\" height=\"22\" viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\"><path d=\"M12.372 0.92C12.372 0.414 12.782 0.004 13.287 0.004L21 0L20.996 7.712C20.996 8.217 20.586 8.628 20.08 8.628C19.574 8.628 19.164 8.217 19.164 7.712V3.183L12.337 10.011L10.988 8.663L17.816 1.835H13.287C12.782 1.835 12.372 1.425 12.372 0.92ZM1.835 17.816L8.663 10.988L10.012 12.337L3.183 19.164H7.712C8.218 19.164 8.627 19.574 8.627 20.08C8.627 20.586 8.218 20.995 7.712 20.995L0 21L0.004 13.287C0.004 12.782 0.414 12.372 0.92 12.372C1.425 12.372 1.835 12.782 1.835 13.287V17.816Z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">Map of a body of water known as the Western Interior Seaway covering much of North America roughly 75 million years ago.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Weighing 2 pounds or more, H. piceanus would have been large compared to other mammals of its time, according to lead author and professor in the Department of Geological Sciences Jaelyn Eberle. She noted the animal is a cousin to today\u2019s marsupials.<\/p>\n<p>Eberle and her team made their discovery by analyzing fossils found in the Williams Fork Formation in Rangely, Colorado, in the mid-to late 1980s, along with fossils they found in the same area in the 2000s.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 540px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-lightbox caas-img-loader\" style=\"padding-bottom:56%\" data-lightbox-src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/CdDwJt.6iRYl6eDEV.7.LA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTI0MDA7aD0xMzUw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/fox_weather_articles_483\/a7a19275ae96cc76fd66ec9be1b2cb2e\"><span class=\"caas-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img caas-lazy has-preview\" alt=\"3D scans of the fossil jawbone of the mammal H. piceanus.\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/ta4iJWz992_V0U6DiCL9gw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/fox_weather_articles_483\/a7a19275ae96cc76fd66ec9be1b2cb2e\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"3D scans of the fossil jawbone of the mammal H. piceanus.\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/ta4iJWz992_V0U6DiCL9gw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/fox_weather_articles_483\/a7a19275ae96cc76fd66ec9be1b2cb2e\" class=\"caas-img\"\/><button class=\"link caas-lightbox\" aria-label=\"View larger image\" data-ylk=\"sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;elm:expand;itc:1\"><span class=\"openArrows icon\"><svg width=\"22\" height=\"22\" viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\"><path d=\"M12.372 0.92C12.372 0.414 12.782 0.004 13.287 0.004L21 0L20.996 7.712C20.996 8.217 20.586 8.628 20.08 8.628C19.574 8.628 19.164 8.217 19.164 7.712V3.183L12.337 10.011L10.988 8.663L17.816 1.835H13.287C12.782 1.835 12.372 1.425 12.372 0.92ZM1.835 17.816L8.663 10.988L10.012 12.337L3.183 19.164H7.712C8.218 19.164 8.627 19.574 8.627 20.08C8.627 20.586 8.218 20.995 7.712 20.995L0 21L0.004 13.287C0.004 12.782 0.414 12.372 0.92 12.372C1.425 12.372 1.835 12.782 1.835 13.287V17.816Z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">3D scans of the fossil jawbone of the mammal H. piceanus.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The earlier fossils were originally thought to belong to other ancient mammal species, Aquiladelphis incus and Glasbius piceanus.<\/p>\n<p>However, further research, along with analysis of fossils discovered in 2018, upended this classification and led scientists to the conclusion that they had identified a new species of ancient mammal in Colorado.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/how-to-watch-fox-weather-on-tv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:How To Watch Fox Weather;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><strong><u>How To Watch Fox Weather<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Colorado is a great place to find fossils, but mammals from this time period tend to be pretty rare,&#8221; Eberle said. &#8220;So it\u2019s really neat to see this slice of time preserved in Colorado.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Original article source:<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/new-mammal-swamp-dweller-heleocola-piceanus-colorado\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Scientists identify new mammal \u2018swamp dweller\u2019 that coexisted with dinosaurs;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Scientists identify new mammal \u2018swamp dweller\u2019 that coexisted with dinosaurs<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/scientists-identify-mammal-swamp-dweller-140240396.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOULDER, Colo. \u2013 Paleontologists have announced their discovery of an ancient mammal that lived around 70-75 million years ago in a swampy area of what is today northwestern Colorado. 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