Vishnuonyx neptuni

  • Researchers have discovered the fossil of a previously unknown species, which they have named Vishnuonyx neptuni, meaning ‘Neptune’s Vishnu’.
  • Vishnuonyx, members of a genus of otters, lived in the major rivers of southern Asia between 12.5 million and 14 million years ago.
  • This is the first discovery of any member of the Vishnuonyx genus in Europe; it is also its most northern and western record till ....
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