Tiny teeth are new mouse species, a rare 'living fossil'

Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - 07:01 in Paleontology & Archaeology

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tiny fossil teeth discovered in Inner Mongolia are a new species of birch mouse, indicating that ancestors of the small rodent are much older than previously reported, according to paleontologist Yuri Kimura, Southern Methodist University in Dallas.

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