A Misplaced Sea Cow World Resurfaces Beneath Qatar’s Desert

Greater than 20 million years in the past, historical sea cows formed the Arabian Gulf’s seagrass meadows very similar to dugongs do as we speak. An unlimited fossil bonebed in Qatar—one of many richest ever discovered—reveals a newly found miniature species, Salwasiren qatarensis, and paints an image of a thriving Miocene ecosystem stuffed with marine life. The discoveries spotlight a […]