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," said paleontologist Joshua Samuels.

A giant flying squirrel—about the size of today's house cats—once soared through the skies over what is now Southern Appalachia, gliding above rhinos, mastodons and red pandas. The discovery ...

A giant flying squirrel, roughly the size of a house cat, once soared through the forests of what is now Southern Appalachia. Gliding above mastodons, rhinos, and red pandas, these agile creatures ...

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

The Gray Fossil Site, overseen by the Don Sundquist Center of Excellence in Paleontology at East Tennessee State University, ...

GRAY, Tenn. (WCYB) — 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. Museum ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — A giant flying squirrel fossil was found by the Gray Fossil Site and Museum, East Tennessee State University (ETSU) announced Monday. Joshua Samuels, the head ...

An ancient species of giant flying squirrel was found in a sinkhole lake fossil site in eastern Tennessee. Photo by Dan Meyers via Unsplash Scientists had an idea of what prehistoric Appalachia ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — A giant flying squirrel fossil was found by the Gray Fossil Site and Museum, East Tennessee State University (ETSU) announced Monday. Joshua Samuels, the head ...