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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Palaeontology 🦖English · 4 days ago

Fossil Teeth Reveal How Extinct Carnivorous Mammal Adapted to Global Warming 56 Million Years Ago

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During the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), a flesh-eating mesonychid mammal called Dissacus praenuntius responded in a surprising way -- it started eating more bones.
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