Ancient dog-like predator identified as oldest known mammal relative

Paleontologists suggested that around 270 million years ago an ancient animal, which does not yet have a species name – a naked reptile that looked like a dog – existed and belonged to the gorgonopsian family. The record from the oldest fossil collection hinted that it was the earliest known mammalian relative and explains the evolution.
Scientists uncovered the fossils of the gorgonopsian,…