Tag Archive for 'Vishnuonyx neptuni'

The dispersal of Vishnuonyx otters from the Indian subcontinent to Africa and Europe about 13 million years ago; HAM 4 is the position of the Hammerschmiede site. Image credit: Nikos Kargopoulos.

11-Million-Year-Old Fossil of Large-Sized Otter Found in Germany

Sep 17, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new species of the extinct genus Vishnuonyx has been identified from the 11.4-million-year-old lower jaw found at the Upper Miocene site of Hammerschmiede...