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  1. “A 10,000 year-old tooth in remarkable condition from an ancient Pacific mastodon, a large #mammal that once inhabited North America, was recently discovered by a California scientist.

    #BrigidLynch, a #geomorphologist, was working at a preserve in San Mateo county, when she stumbled across a peculiar rock.”

    #Paleontologists later confirmed it was not a stone, but an adult Pacific #mastodon molar, according to a Wednesday news release from the Midpeninsula regional open space district (Midpen).”

    #JohnnyMastodon

  2. Three new ancestors added to #TasmanianTiger's storyline phys.org/news/2024-09-ancestor

    Three new #thylacinids (Marsupialia, Thylacinidae) from late Oligocene deposits of the #Riversleigh World Heritage Area, northwestern #Queensland tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10

    "#paleontologists say the #NewSpecies are now the oldest members of the #Thylacine family to date, estimated to be 25–23 million years old, making them late #Oligocene in age."