Mammal ancestor looked like a chubby lizard with a tiny head and had a hippo-like lifestyle - Livescience.com

The animal lived before the rise of the dinosaurs and was likely amphibious.

An animal that lived before the dinosaurs looked like a rotund lizard with a very small head and had a hippo-like semiaquatic lifestyle, according to fossils that were recently excavated in France.  … [+4992 chars]

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