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Paleontology: The 75-million-year-old structure contains fossilized rodents that have snuggled together – AlKhaleej Today
Paleontology: The 75-million-year-old structure contains fossilized rodents that have snuggled together
Cuddling can go back further than thought, as scientists discovered the remains of a 75.5 million year old structure that contains the fossils of cuddling rodents.
US paleontologists made the find the oldest evidence of social behavior in mammals in a well-known nesting site for dinosaurs called Egg Mountain in Montana.
The small mammals called Filikomys primaevus, which translates as juvenile, friendly mouse represent a new genus of the so-called multituberculate.
Previously, it was believed…
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