Madagascar: Fossil skull offers insights into the life habits and relationships of early mammals

Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - 13:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

The surprise discovery of the fossilized skull of a 66- to 70-million-year-old, groundhog-like creature on Madagascar has led to new analyses of the lifestyle of the largest known mammal of its time by a team of specialists including biologist Elizabeth Dumont at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, an expert in jaw structure and bite mechanics.

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