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Published: 2019-01-13 00:13:47 +0000 UTC; Views: 1137; Favourites: 21; Downloads: 0
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Description Comparison of a primitive horse and the stylinodontid taeniodont cimolestid, Stylinodon mirus, from Middle Eocene North America.
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Libra1010 [2019-01-19 14:12:28 +0000 UTC]

 A fascinating illustration of just how FAR many lineages have come since the earliest days of our Age of Mammals! 

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avancna In reply to Libra1010 [2019-01-19 18:46:15 +0000 UTC]

Who knew that egg-laying shrews would take over the world?

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Libra1010 In reply to avancna [2019-01-21 20:49:02 +0000 UTC]

 Anyone who knows EXACTLY how much a hungry shrew can eat! 

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avancna In reply to Libra1010 [2019-01-22 01:08:11 +0000 UTC]

If we go by modern shrews of the family Soricidae, their own bodyweight every hour.

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Libra1010 In reply to avancna [2019-01-24 10:28:33 +0000 UTC]

 Precisely!

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avancna In reply to Libra1010 [2019-01-25 01:41:19 +0000 UTC]

Yikes

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