Anthracobunid Jaw (IMAGE)

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Anthracobunid Jaw

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Pictured here is a jaw of an anthracobunid. This jaw and other fossils of anthracobunids were recovered from 48 million year old sediments in Pakistan and India. The study showed the fossils were a new branch of the family tree of modern horses, tapirs, and rhinos.

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David Waugh, Tobin Hieronymus. Copyright Cooper Lab, NEOMED.

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