Adalatherium (Adàla, 'crazy' in Malagasy and therium, 'beast' in Greek) is an extinct gondwanatherian that lived on Madagascar during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous. [1] The discovery of the first nearly-complete Adalatherium skeleton from the Maevarano Formation was announced in April 2020.

最新发现的冈瓦纳兽目哺乳动物最完整骨架化石代表了一个新物种，研究者将其命名为“疯狂野兽” (“Adalatherium hui”)——源自马达加斯加语中的“疯狂”和希腊语中的“野兽”。

丹佛自然与科学博物馆脊椎动物古生物学的高级策展人，戴维斯大学名誉教授David Krause博士领导的国际研究小组在马达加斯加发现了一种新的，奇异的，拥有6600万年历史的哺乳动物，情况就是如此。 石溪大学，部分研究已经完成。 今天在《自然》杂志上宣布了这种负鼠大小的哺乳动物的发现，这种哺乳动物生活在地球第四大岛上的恐龙和大鳄鱼之间。 石溪大学的James B. Rossie博士是该研究的合著者之一。 石溪大学已故的胡耀明也是合著者。 发现了一种新的哺 …

Adalatherium (Crazy Beast) is an extinct gondwanatherian mammal that lived in the Maevarano Formation of the Mahajanga Province (known as "Majunga" in French) in northwest Madagascar, 70 - 66 million years ago, during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous Period.

2020年4月29日 · Adalatherium hui, a newly discovered gondwanatherian mammal from Madagascar dated to near the end of the Cretaceous period, shows features consistent with a long evolutionary trajectory of ...

2020年12月18日 · Adalatherium hui is a latest Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) gondwanatherian mammal based on only a single specimen, a virtually complete, articulated, and well-preserved skull and postcranial skeleton. The specimen is the most complete and best preserved of any mammaliaform from the Mesozoic of the southern supercontinent Gondwana.

2020年5月11日 · 它代表了一个新物种，研究团队将其命名为Adalatherium hui——这一词源自马达加斯加语中的“疯狂”和希腊语中的“野兽”。 这具骨架包括大量躯椎和一段短而宽的尾骨，另外也保留了小骨和软骨组织。 虽然这个标本代表的是一只未成年的个体——体重估计为3.1千克，但是却属于来自中生代冈瓦纳的已知最大哺乳形类。 这可能反映了物种孤立演化所产生的巨大化，因为岛上演化的最明显和最可量化的影响被发现与体型相关。 研究团队分析了这一新物种与其它物 …

Adalatherium is an extinct genus of adalatheriid mammal that lived in Madagascar during the Late Cretaceous. Adalatherium is derived from 'adala', crazy and 'therium', beast. The specific name 'hui' could resemble the Chinese surname 'Hui'. Adalatherium is the …

2020年5月1日 · In 1999, researchers uncovered a 66-million-year-old fossil of a bizarre mammal in Madagascar. The creature was about the size of an opossum and may have looked more like a badger or a beaver —but...

A new species of gondwanatherian mammal from the Cretaceous Period has been identified from a very well-preserved fossilized skeleton found on the island of Madagascar. Named Adalatherium hui, the ancient creature lived about 66 million years ago (Cretaceous period) among dinosaurs, massive crocodiles, and snakes.