This sudden expansion of species diversity into new ways of ... and marsupial mammals thrived and diversified there, while placental mammals took over similar roles on the other continents.

Fossil discoveries provide valuable insights into extinct species, revealing their behaviors, environments, and relationships to modern animals. One such mystery surrounded Mixodectes pungens, a small ...

Newly analyzed fossil skeleton of Mixodectes pungens reveals its tree-dwelling lifestyle, dietary habits, and ties to primates and colugos.

For more than 140 years, Mixodectes pungens, a species of small mammal that ... skeleton provides new evidence concerning how placental mammals diversified ecologically following the extinction ...

CREDIT: Chester et al. 2025 “This fossil skeleton provides new evidence concerning how placental mammals diversified ecologically following the extinction of the dinosaurs,” study co-author ...

For more than 140 years, Mixodectes pungens, a species of small mammal that inhabited western ... “This fossil skeleton provides new evidence concerning how placental mammals diversified ecologically ...