SOURCE: dailymail.co.uk
Fossils reveal new branch of mammals: Experts identify a descendant of the horse that roamed India 48 million years ago
- Scientists from Northeast Ohio Medical University Stony Brook University in New York came up with the new theory
- It gives anthracobunidae new descendants – elephants, horses and tapirs
- Their theory makes sense because the ancient creatures lived in Asia, where tapirs are believed to have originated from
- Experts previously thought that anthracobunidae were related to the ancestors of modern elephants and sea cows, including manatees
By SARAH GRIFFITHS FOR MAILONLINE
For decades, experts thought that an extinct group of mammals known as anthracobunidae were related to the ancestors of modern elephants and sea cows.
But fossils believed to belong to a large land mammal that lived 48 million years ago, have led to experts disputing this theory.
The discovery of bones from the ancient creature has led scientists to identify a new branch of mammals closely related to modern horses, rhinos and tapirs.
Two jaws and other bones (pictured) have led scientists to identify a new branch of mammals closely related to modern horses, rhinos and tapirs – known as anthracobunidae – that lived in India and Pakistan about 48 million years ago
The mammals, known as anthracobunidae, lived in India and Pakistan and, until now, were commonly considered to be the ancestors of modern elephants and manatees.
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Fossils of immediate ancestor to the elephant has been found in Texas and there is also a North America camel. There is much about the geographic location of species that cannot be understood without an understanding of plate tectonics that are always shifting, usually slowly, but constantly remaking our Earth. I think the key to this mammals classification might by in the number of toes, even or odd. This is how the rhino, tapir, and horse ended up together.
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We know what happened to the Anthracobunidae. BLM began rounding them up.
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NLaunel—-you may be right, at least their dependents
http://articles.latimes.com/1988-02-16/news/mn-42976_1_wild-horses
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Is this the first evidence of the BLM at work also? :o) On a more serious note, it seems that evidence just keeps piling up that the horses are indeed wild and have been around for many, many years. But this doesn’t matter to the BLM because they dismiss any scientific evidence presented to them regarding feral vs wild, as well as the benefit to the environment from the wild horses. How much did these livestock managers have to pay to get their jobs as wild horse experts?
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This should work for us–you think?
http://www.mnn.com/your-home/organic-farming-gardening/blogs/will-potters-drone-army-sets-its-sites-on-factory-farms
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