“There had been some uncertain reports from Florida, but the specimen of the Gray Fossil Site provided new information and helped to confirm that somehow these giant flying squirrels crossed the ...

"It is amazing to imagine these giant flying squirrels gliding over rhinos and mastodons," said paleontologist Joshua Samuels.

An ancient species of giant flying squirrel was found in a sinkhole lake fossil site in eastern Tennessee. Photo by Dan ...

but the specimen of the Gray Fossil Site provided new information and helped to confirm that somehow these giant flying squirrels crossed the Bering Land Bridge alongside other mammals about 5 ...

The giant flying squirrels may have migrated east on the land bridge that connected Eurasia to North America, alongside saber-toothed cats, deer, shrews and a host of other animals, according to ...