<em>Lemdubuoryctes aruensis</em> Fossil Teeth and Jaws (IMAGE)

Uppsala University

<em>Lemdubuoryctes aruensis</em> Fossil Teeth and Jaws

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In a new paper, published in Scientific Reports, an international team of researchers has analyzed fossils and DNA from living and recently extinct species to show that conservation sensitive Australasian marsupials are much older than previously thought.

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Ken Aplin

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