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One ancient swimming mammal fossil and two evolutionary surprises, including a third set of teeth
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a technology story. Phys.org Breaking News is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 8 Oct 2026, 17:00 UTC. The headline in use is “One ancient swimming mammal fossil and two evolutionary surprises, including a third set of teeth”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
What may have looked like a cross between a platypus and a beaverlike rodent and lived around 120 million years ago? Dongoconodon platycauda, a newly discovered fossil mammal from northeastern China.
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One ancient swimming mammal fossil and two evolutionary surprises, including a third set of teeth
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