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A `new' jaw reopens some old questions.

Authors :
Weintraub, Boris
Source :
National Geographic. Apr98, Vol. 193 Issue 4, Preceding p2. 1/4p. 2 Color Photographs.
Publication Year :
1998

Abstract

Suggests that a shrew-sized mammal that lived in Australia 115 million years ago may have been a placental mammal. The discovery of a jaw by Thomas Rich and Patricia Vickers-Rich in a long-term Society-funded search for Cretaceous fossils.

Subjects

Subjects :
*FOSSILS
*SHREW rats

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00279358
Volume :
193
Issue :
4
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
National Geographic
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
391863