New Fossil Mammal Was A “Giant” of the Cretaceous

VERNAL (Oct. 23, 2024) — A research team of paleontologists from Utah State Parks, Dinosaur National Monument, the University of Colorado, Loyola Marymount University, and Appalachian State University have described a collection of fossil teeth and a jaw belonging to a big, new mammal from the Cretaceous Period near the Colorado-Utah border. Unknowingly collected in 2016, and found during the preparation …