A Jurassic mammaliaform swimmer and transformation of the mammalian pharynx

Nature, Published online: 07 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11107-0A swimming and water-foraging mammaliaform, Megacauda sungei gen. et sp. nov., had a lifestyle analogous to the extant platypus, and was capable of mammal-like swallowing and suckling.

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A Jurassic mammaliaform swimmer and transformation of the mammalian pharynx

Nature, Published online: 07 October 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-11107-0A swimming and water-foraging mammaliaform, Megacauda sungei gen. et sp. nov., had a lifestyle analogous to the extant platypus, and was capable of mammal-like swallowing and suckling.

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