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Cretaceous zhelestid mammals are zalambdalestoids

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By Eva Hoffman, Maureen O’Leary, Michael J. Novacek, Andres Giallombardo, Paúl M. Velazco, Shawn P. Zack
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Abstract Placental mammals (the clade that includes bats, primates and whales) developed highly varied molars as they diversified in the Palaeogene, indicating derived diets such as carnivory and herbivory1. Cretaceous eutherian stem taxa to Placentalia had, however, more conservative dentitions—typically molars with high, sharp cusps for insectivory.
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