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There is some debate about this, actually. No one really knows for sure what the first mammal was, but there are two top contenders for the title: the Megazostrodon and the Morganucodon. Both are believed to have lived around 200 million years ago and the species are closely related.
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Were pandas the first mammals to be found in Africa?
yes pandas were the first mammals to be found in Africa
Who appeared in fossils first dinosaurs or mammals?
Dinosaurs first appeared shortly before mammals did.
When was the first appearance of land mammals?
The first appearance of land mammals occurred in the late Triassic period.
Are sharks mammals what are they?
they are mammals because that's how the first one was made
When did mammals first appear on earth by paleontologists?
Mammals first appear in the fossil record of the Mesozoic Era.
Where there mammals during the dinosaur age?
Yes. The first mammals appeared only about ten million years after the first dinosaurs in the Triassic period.
What type of mammals are closely related to reptiles?
All mammals evolved from a common ancestor, which was the very first mammal. That very first mammal had evolved from reptiles. As such, all mammals are equally related to reptiles.
Which are older mammals or birds?
Mammals are older. The first mammals evolved around 220 million years ago, not long after the first dinosaurs. Birds evolved from small carnivorous dinosaurs about 160 million years ago.
What is one of the rarest mammals in the world?
The Vietnamese Saolau is reported to be one of the rarest mammals with the first sighting after a decade.
What was the first warm-blooded vertebrates that fed their young with milk appeared during the triassic period?
MAMMALS
What did the first mammals look like?
Little rodents.
What Mammals first appeared during the .?
Triassic Period! :)
