Palaeontologists from East Tennessee State University and the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain, have just revealed the existence of a new fossil specimen belonging to a giant flying squirrel.

It is amazing to imagine these giant flying squirrels gliding over rhinos and mastodons living in the forests of Tennessee.’

A prehistoric giant flying squirrel once glided over ancient Appalachia but went extinct as the climate cooled. Its fossils, found at the Gray Fossil Site, reveal a surprising connection to Eurasian species.

Long ago, a giant flying squirrel that was about the size of today’s house cats soared through the skies over […]

Researchers at East Tennessee State University found fossilized remains of a giant flying squirrel at the Gray Fossil Site, an unexpected discovery linking prehistoric ecosystems in North America and Eurasia.

Workers at the Gray Fossil Site and Museum made a rare discovery of a giant flying squirrel fossil.This squirrel is estimated to have lived 5 million years ago.

Researchers have identified a giant flying squirrel species, Miopetaurista, at the East Tennessee State University Gray Fossil Site in Tennessee, offering new insights into Southern Appalachia’s prehistoric wildlife.