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News Release 11-171
Fossil Discovery Represents New Milestone in Early Mammal Evolution
Northeast China fossil provides new information about earliest ancestors of today's mammals
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Life restoration of the nocturnal mammal Juramaia, hunting insects on a tree fern.
Credit: Mark A. Klinger, Carnegie Museum of Natural History
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The new Jurassic mammal is shrew-sized, with a skull 22 millimeters (~3/4 of an inch) long.
Credit: Mark A. Klinger, Carnegie Museum of Natural History
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Photographic collage of the fossil and restorations of Juramaia.
Credit: Mark A. Klinger, Carnegie Museum of Natural History
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The fossil is preserved on a shale slab; it belongs to the Beijing Museum of Natural History.
Credit: Zhe-Xi Luo, Carnegie Museum of Natural History
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The fossil site where Juramaia was discovered, northeast of Beijing, China.
Credit: Carnegie Museum of Natural History
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