Omnivorous, Rodent-Like Mammal Lived in Dinosaurs’ Shadow on Pacific Coast
Paleontologists have descibed a new species of the multituberculate mammal genus Cimolodon based on a fossil found in Baja California, Mexico. An illustration of Cimolodon desosai on the tree with a fruit in its mouth. Image credit: Andrey Atuchin. The newly-described mammal species lived in what is now Mexico about 75 million years ago (Cretaceous…