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A New Contender For Oldest Known Mammal

Posted by timothy on Sunday May 27, 2001 @08:18AM from the don't-worry-it's-the-*large*-paper-clip dept.

linxx points to this Discover article, writing: "A 195 million year old mammal the size of a paper clip is thought to run around the earth along with the dinosaurs." Not everyone is convinced yet that this is a true mammal, either -- but like other aspects of science, it's an ongoing attempt to find a line of best fit.

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Re:further coverage of little mammal ancestor... by BMazurek · 2001-05-30 21:55 · Score: 3

The CBC Radio One science program Quirks and Quarks has an MP3 audio interview with Dr. Zhe-Xi Luo (the leader of the team that described this animal) in their archived show listing for May 26, 2001.