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In article <dtv9hj$agv$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, MiRe wrote:
> Whilst I was reading about this animal, an image of a creature that still
> lives sprung to mind - The Giant Otter Shrew (Potamogale velox) from the
> Congolese jungles.
Certainly looks a lot similar. Size is a deal smaller than the fossil
published last week, but that's a pretty flexible character. The sketches I've
seen show a more pronounced flattening to the tail on the fossil too, but not
greatly. Another convergent feather for Conway-Morriss' hat.
> It has the same size, appearance, diet and also lives in a waterside burrow.
>
Diet would have to be conjectural unless we get some specimens with
particularly good preservation. Well, teeth give a lot of pointers ... but not
the whole story.
Where'd I put the plans for that time machine?
--
Aidan Karley FGS
Aberdeen, Scotland,
Location: 57°10'11" N, 02°08'43" W (sub-tropical Aberdeen), 0.021233
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