Oldest fossil 'rabbit' unearthed in Mongolia

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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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1. Tests have already proven that the creature was smarter than *

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Fri Feb-18-05 12:13 AM
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2. Be Vewwy vewwy quiet!!!!

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4. Mongolia?

I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque!

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Thu Mar-03-05 10:54 PM
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3. These guys are cuter...

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