{"id":143532,"date":"2026-01-05T04:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T04:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=143532"},"modified":"2026-01-05T04:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T04:00:10","slug":"china-fossil-unveils-cross-equator-migration-corridor-in-supercontinent-pangaea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=143532","title":{"rendered":"China fossil unveils cross-equator migration corridor in supercontinent Pangaea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostScientists in China have discovered fossils of a new mammal-like reptile species in Gansu province \u2013 the first of its genus to be found in both South Africa and China.<br \/>\nThe finding suggests that Late Permian (299 to 252 million years ago) tetrapods crossed the equator of the supercontinent Pangaea more often than expected, revealing an ecological corridor capable of supporting large animal migration.<br \/>\nThe new species of dicynodont, an extinct clade of non-mammalian therapsids \u2013 a group that&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3338477\/china-fossil-unveils-cross-equator-migration-corridor-supercontinent-pangaea?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostScientists in China have discovered fossils of a new mammal-like reptile species in Gansu province \u2013 the first of its genus to be found&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143532"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143532\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=143532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=143532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}