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Early Miocene Fossil Rewrites Family Tree of Little Carnivorous Marsupials

Paleontologists at the University of New South Wales have described a new genus and species of dasyurid marsupial from the Early Miocene of Australia, offering the first solid evidence that the family Dasyuridae -- which today includes quolls, Tasmanian devils and tiny antechinuses -- existed long before scientists had proof of it in the fossil record. The post Early Miocene Fossil Rewrites…

Early Miocene Fossil Rewrites Family Tree of Little Carnivorous Marsupials

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