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Jurassic scene
In recent years many fossil have come forth from sites dating to the Middle - Upper Jurassic Period , about 160 million years ago . In a novel study detailed in March 2014 in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology , investigator discover several of these Jurassic website supported like species , paint a picture they can be recognized as comprise a unmarried fossil fauna and flora — now diagnose the Daohugou Biota after a village near one of the major vicinity in Inner Mongolia , China . Here , a reconstruction of the Daohugou animal featuring feathered dinosaurs , pterosaur , former mammals and amphibian among others .
Early swimming mammal
Castorocauda , a mammal that may have swam using its beaver - similar tail during the Jurassic Period , is show preserved here with " scale of measurement - like " skin .
Feathered beast
Among the finds within the Daohugou Biota , dating to the Jurassic , in Mongolia was this feather dinosaurEpidexipteryx , with inset showing extra feathers and soft tissues revealed by the economic consumption of U.V. Inner Light .
Jurassic salamander
Found in the Daohugou Biota in Mongolia , the fossil of this salamanderChunerpetonshowing not only the preserved underframe but also the skin and even external gills . The dodo date back to the Jurassic Period , about 160 million years ago .
Mammals Might Have Soared Before Birds
Reconstruction of the gliding mammal . Credit Chuang Zhao and Lida Xing .
Mammal Swam with Dinosaurs
instance of Castorocauda lutrasimilis . The art of the reconstructed brute is 50 % of genuine fossil size of it .
