<i>Teilhardina</i> Teeth Can Be Smaller Than a Flea (IMAGE)

Florida Museum of Natural History

<i>Teilhardina</i> Teeth Can Be Smaller Than a Flea

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Paleontologist Paul Morse sweeps an exposed surface of Wyoming's Bighorn Basin for fossils. 'It's a really sublime experience to pick up a tooth that could fit on the head of a pin and look out onto the Badlands and consider how many millions more must be out there,' he said.

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