further excavation revealed that it was a large rodent skeleton with minuscule specialised wrist bones, identifying it as Miopetaurista neogrivensis-- an extinct flying squirrel. Combining ...

A remarkable fossil discovery has been made in the Appalachian region! Scientists have uncovered a 4.9-million-year-old giant flying squirrel (Miopetaurista webbi) within a sinkhole at the Gray Fossil ...

A giant flying squirrel, roughly the size of a house cat, once soared through the forests of what is now Southern Appalachia. Gliding above mastodons, rhinos, and red pandas, these agile creatures ...

Wrist bones are extremely rare. But now we can link those traits to the postcranial skeleton. Some of the flying squirrels found in the past might not be flying squirrels because they might have ...

What’s a scurry? A scurry is a group of flying squirrels (Glaucomys Volans), nocturnal, arboreal mammals, one of the many fascinating facts that captivated 89 attendees at the Feb. 17 Zoom ...