Rhino-like 'thunder beasts' grew massive in the evolutionary blink of an eye after dinos died off (www.livescience.com)
Ancient mammals known as 'thunder beasts' grew 1,000 times bigger just 16 million years after the dino-killing asteroid struck.
Ancient mammals known as 'thunder beasts' grew 1,000 times bigger just 16 million years after the dino-killing asteroid struck.
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