23-Million-Year-Old Oddball (VIDEO)

Southern Methodist University

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New fossils from the Aleutian Islands intensify the mystery surrounding Desmostylia, a toothy, hippopotamus-sized mammal unique to the North Pacific. An oddball creature, it suction-fed shoreline vegetation, say paleontologists from Southern Methodist University and the Perot Museum of Nature and Science, Dallas.

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