{"id":1013,"date":"2009-04-23T15:54:46","date_gmt":"2009-04-23T19:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=1013"},"modified":"2009-05-31T19:25:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-31T23:25:00","slug":"science-closes-another-gap-in-the-fossil-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1013","title":{"rendered":"Science Closes Another Gap in the Fossil Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

A\u00c2\u00a0 39 million year old mammal from the Canadian arctic is yet another example of a newly discovered transitional fossil, The creature\u00c2\u00a0 would have looked rather like a seal in life\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6with a prominent exception. No flippers<\/em>, instead having very large feet that were probably webbed. This is a walking seal.\u00c2\u00a0If you\u00c2\u00a0want to learn more about this beautiful creature pronounce “Puijila<\/em>“<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0 you can go to this website all about <\/a>this new discovery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A\u00c2\u00a0 39 million year old mammal from the Canadian arctic is yet another example of a newly discovered transitional fossil, The creature\u00c2\u00a0 would have looked rather like a seal in life\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6with a prominent exception. No flippers, instead having very large … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-gl","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":622,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=622","url_meta":{"origin":1013,"position":0},"title":"Another fossil find","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"June 26, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Another fossil find by scientists doing that science thing ... you know, being in the field, digging up old stuff, analyzing it in depth. 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