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Mammals that coexisted with dinosaurs

Finds on Russian territory

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Seven fossil sites of Mesozoic mammals have been discovered in Russia: four in Western Siberia (one Middle Jurassic and three Early Cretaceous), one in European Russia (Middle Jurassic), one in Transbaikalia (Early Cretaceous), and one in the Far East (Late Cretaceous). The specimens represent most of the ancient mammal groups known to have lived in the northern hemisphere. The finds suggest that, with further exploration, Russia may become a major source of data on Mesozoic mammals.

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  1. Borisyak Paleontological Institute, RAS, Moscow, Russia

    Aleksei Vladimirovich Lopatin

  2. Laboratory of Theriology, RAS Zoological Institute, Moscow, Russia

    Aleksandr Olegovich Averianov

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Original Russian Text © A.V. Lopatin, A.O. Averianov, 2009, published in Vestnik Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, 2009, Vol. 79, No. 6, pp. 523–529.

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Lopatin, A.V., Averianov, A.O. Mammals that coexisted with dinosaurs. Her. Russ. Acad. Sci. 79, 268–273 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1019331609030113

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