Evolution What the Fossils Say and Why it Matters

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FIGURE 13.11. The beautifully preserved fossil (complete with hair) of one of the oldest known placental
mammals, Eomaia scansoria, from the Lower Cretaceous of China. (A) Photograph of the type specimen. (B)
Sketch of the skeleton and reconstruction of the skeleton as it appeared in life. See Ji et al. (2002:816–822).
(Courtesy Zhexi Luo/Carnegie Museum of Natural History)

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FIGURE 13.10 (Continued )