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Yale University: 62-Million-Year-Old Skeleton Sheds Light on an Enigmatic Mammal
March 13, 2025
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 13 -- Yale University issued the following news release:

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A 62-Million-Year-Old skeleton sheds light on an enigmatic mammal

A remarkably well-preserved skeleton of Mixodectes pungens offers insights into mammals' evolutionary trajectory after non-avian dinosaur extinction.

By Mike Cummings

For more than 140 years, Mixodectes pungens, a species of small mammal that inhabited western North Amer . . .

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