Brooklyn College/CUNY Graduate Center Associate Professor of Anthropology Stephen Chester and a team of researchers have ...

Skeleton shows Mixodectes pungens lived in trees and primarily ate leaves during the Paleocene epoch, highlighting its unique ...

Mixodectes pungens, a species of small mammal that inhabited western North America in the early Paleocene, was a mystery.

As indicated by the book's title, the subject matter covers in twelve chapters the comparative clinical anatomy and physiology of small exotic mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. The ...

The anatomy of the animal's limbs and claws indicate that it was arboreal and capable of vertically clinging to tree trunks and branches. Its molar teeth had crests to break down abrasive material ...