New saber-toothed predator from Argentina found

A mysterious fossil found in a seaside cliff on the Argentine pampas has been identified as belonging to a saber-toothed marsupial relative. Previously thought to have gone extinct much earlier, this specimen points to a later survival timeline.

Researchers at the Argentine Museum of Natural Sciences led a closer inspection, solving a long-standing paleontological puzzle.

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New saber-toothed predator from Argentina found

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