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In 2003, a fossil belonging to a mammaliaform was discovered in an ancient lakebed in what's now China. It was an almost complete skeleton the size of a platypus, a find that complicated the history of mammaliaforms. It painted a picture of their explosive diversification, their mysterious disappearance, and how our own ancestors might have survived thanks to a leg up from some leafy allies… *They weren't /exactly/ mammals... Find the 2025 Complexly Calendar here: https://complexly.store/products/2025-complexly-calendar ***** PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to http://to.pbs.org/DonateEons ***** Eons is a production of Complexly for PBS Digital Studios. Super special thanks to the following Patreon patrons for helping make Eons possible: Randall George, Morgan, Kevin Lacson, Marco Narajos, Collin Dutrow, Pope John XII, Aaditya Mehta, AllPizzasArePersonal, John H. Austin, Jr., Alex Hackman, Stephen Patterson, Odditeas , Karen Farrell, Jason Rostoker, Jonathan Rust, Mary Tevington, Bart & Elke van Iersel - De Jong, Irene Wood, Derek Helling, Mark Talbott-Williams, Nomi Alchin, Duane Westhoff, Hillary Ryde-Collins, Yu Mei, Albert Folsom, Dan Caffee, Nick Ryhajlo, Jeff Graham If you'd like to support the channel, head over to http://patreon.com/eons and pledge for some cool rewards! Want to follow Eons elsewhere on the internet? Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/eonsshow Twitter - https://twitter.com/eonsshow Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/eonsshow/ #Eons References: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VeRmfSTKqgnd1rKOzjkL8nK4yckEPGYFTtiAqzyKAcg/edit?usp=sharing