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Fossil molar from a Madagascan marsupial

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The discovery of a tiny tooth from the Late Cretaceous period has sizeable implications.

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Figure 1: Lower-left molar (UA 8699) of a marsupial mammal from the Late Cretaceous period in Madagascar.

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Krause, D. Fossil molar from a Madagascan marsupial. Nature 412, 497–498 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35087649

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