I'm old enough to remember when the story was mouse sized mammals emerged after the dinosaurs became extinct thanks to an asteroid.
Surprising elephant-sized mammal cousin lived alongside dinosaurs
“We think it’s one of the most unexpected fossil discoveries from the Triassic of Europe,” said paleontologist Grzegorz Niedzwiedzki of Uppsala University in Sweden.
Lisowicia, the largest-known non-dinosaur land animal alive at its time, was about 15 feet (4.5 meters) long, 8.5 feet (2.6 meters) tall and weighed 9 tons. The only other giants around at the time were early members of the dinosaur group called sauropods that had four legs, long necks and long tails.
Surprising elephant-sized mammal cousin lived alongside dinosaurs
Uh.
Surprising elephant-sized mammal cousin lived alongside dinosaurs
“We think it’s one of the most unexpected fossil discoveries from the Triassic of Europe,” said paleontologist Grzegorz Niedzwiedzki of Uppsala University in Sweden.
Lisowicia, the largest-known non-dinosaur land animal alive at its time, was about 15 feet (4.5 meters) long, 8.5 feet (2.6 meters) tall and weighed 9 tons. The only other giants around at the time were early members of the dinosaur group called sauropods that had four legs, long necks and long tails.
Surprising elephant-sized mammal cousin lived alongside dinosaurs
Uh.