Giant panda's 'cousin' lived in Spain
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 - 12:01
in Paleontology & Archaeology
A team of Spanish scientists have found a new ursid fossil species in the area of Nombrevilla in Zaragoza, Spain. Agriarctos beatrix was a small plantigrade omnivore and was genetically related to giant pandas, according to the authors of the study.
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