Fossil Reconstruction (IMAGE)

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Fossil Reconstruction

Caption

Like most early nocturnal mammals, Rugosodon eurasiaticus was active at night. This reconstruction shows Rugosodon searching for food among ferns and cycads on the lake shores in the darkness.

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[Illustration by April Isch, University of Chicago]

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