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theHandpuppet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-05 11:41 PM
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Oldest fossil 'rabbit' unearthed in Mongolia
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4274129.stm

Oldest fossil 'rabbit' unearthed

Gomphos had long hindlimbs, just like a modern rabbit


The fossilised skeleton of a rabbit-like creature that lived 55 million years ago has been found in Mongolia, Science magazine reports.

Gomphos elkema, as it is known, is the oldest member of the rabbit family ever to be found.

Gomphos was surprisingly similar to modern rabbits - and probably hopped around on its elongated hindlimbs.

The fossil adds weight to the idea that rabbit-like creatures first evolved no earlier than 65 million years ago.

"This skeleton is very complete," co-author Robert Asher, of Humboldt Universität, Berlin, Germany, told the BBC News website.

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Osamasux Donating Member (846 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-17-05 11:43 PM
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1. Tests have already proven that the creature was smarter than *
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Syncronaut Seven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-18-05 12:13 AM
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2. Be Vewwy vewwy quiet!!!!
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moggie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 11:47 AM
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4. Mongolia?
I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque!
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Hand Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-03-05 10:54 PM
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3. These guys are cuter...
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