A Jurassic gliding euharamiyidan mammal with an ear of five auditory bones

• Published in: Nature (London) Vol. 551; no. 7681; pp. 451 - 456
• Main Authors: Han, Gang, Mao, Fangyuan, Bi, Shundong, Wang, Yuanqing, Meng, Jin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 23.11.2017; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 631/136; 631/181/414; 704/172; Adaptive radiation; Animal flight; Arboroharamiya jenkinsi; Bones; Chewing; Enamel; Evolution; Gliding; Humanities and Social Sciences; Jaw; Jurassic; Locomotion; Mammalia; Mammals; Mastication; Mesozoic; Middle ear; multidisciplinary; Natural history; Phylogenetics; Radiation; Science; Small mammals; Teeth

Gliding is a distinctive locomotion type that has been identified in only three mammal species from the Mesozoic era. Here we describe another Jurassic glider that belongs to the euharamiyidan mammals and shows hair details on its gliding membrane that are highly similar to those of extant gliding m...