<I>Labidolemur kayi</I> Fossil (IMAGE)

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<I>Labidolemur kayi</I> Fossil

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This well-preserved fossil a 55-million-year-old extinct mammal, <I>Labidolemur kayi</I>, was recovered from freshwater limestone in the Bighorn Basin near Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. The specimen helped University of Florida scientists write a comprehensive analysis of <I>L. kayi</I>'s cranial anatomy, scheduled to appear in the Oct. 11 online edition of the <I>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society</I>.

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Photo taken Thursday Sept. 30, 2010, at the Florida Museum of Natural History. Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace

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