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The three newly-identified species show combinations of features not previously seen before in other living or fossil monotremes, according to Professor Kris Helgen from the Australian Museum Research Institute and colleagues.
Published today in the Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, evidence of an "Age of Monotremes" has been unearthed by a team of Australian scientists at the Australian Museum (AM), Museums Victoria and Australian Opal Centre.
Two new studies of Jurassic-era fossils from researchers in China, the US, and Australia offer new insight into how mammals such as humans evolved – specifically, how we got the ears and teeth that we have today.
An international team of paleontologists has uncovered important fossils that provide crucial insights into how early mammals transitioned from having jaw joint bones to middle ear bones during their evolution. The findings published today in the prestigious journal Nature provide a clearer insig
Fossils of two strange creatures found in northeastern China show the earliest dental diversification among ancestors of mammals.