In Photos: Mammals Through Time
Mammal Fossil
The holotype specimen of Senshou lui, which represents a new species of euharamiyidan mammal, described in the Sept. 11, 2014, issue of the journal Nature. It is a nearly complete skeleton that indicates a gracile body with a tail and long fingers that were adapted for an arboreal life in Jurassic forests. [Read full story]
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