fossil record

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This marker provides a more reliable way to measure the passage of time preserved in the geological record and allowed scientists to pinpoint when different plankton species first appeared in the fossil record.

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However, the fossil record does not preserve the entire lifespan of an individual animal.

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Purgatorius, a small mammal about the size of a shrew, appears in the fossil record shortly after the dinosaurs went extinct around 65.9 million years ago.

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Other early primate relatives have been discovered in the southwestern United States, but they date to roughly two million years later – creating a gap in the fossil record that puzzled scientists… until now.

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Its discovery helps close a major gap in the fossil record and offers new insight into ichthyosaur evolution.

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