This extinct tree-dwelling mammal may be among humans’ closer relatives
Mixodectes belonged to an extinct family known as mixodectids and lived during the Paleocene epoch. This geological epoch ...
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62 million years ago this mysterious mammal called Earth home
Newly analyzed fossil skeleton of Mixodectes pungens reveals its tree-dwelling lifestyle, dietary habits, and ties to ...
A 62-million-year-old skeleton sheds light on an enigmatic mammal
Mixodectes pungens, a species of small mammal that inhabited western North America in the early Paleocene, was a mystery.
Discovering the leaf-eating, tree-clinging mammal of the Paleocene
Skeleton shows Mixodectes pungens lived in trees and primarily ate leaves during the Paleocene epoch, highlighting its unique ...
APA Corp., partners make significant oil discovery in Alaska's North Slope
APA Corp. (NASDAQ:APA) and partners Armstrong Oil & Gas and Australia's Santos (OTCPK:STOSF) said late Monday they made a ...
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CUNY research team unlocks secrets of mysterious 62-million-year-old mammal
Brooklyn College/CUNY Graduate Center Associate Professor of Anthropology Stephen Chester and a team of researchers have ...
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APA Alaska partner discovers hydrocarbons on North Slope
Wireline logging is complete and additional data collection is under way, including core acquisition and flow testing to ...
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Seven things that happened when the planet got really, really hot
Today the average global temperature is around 15-16 degrees Celsius, but in the Paleocene it was around seven degrees warmer than it is today. That might not sound like much, but it effected ...