Nanxiong Basin, south China (IMAGE)

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Nanxiong Basin, south China

Caption

The red beds of the Nanxiong Basin in south China at the site of the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. Fossil mammals from these beds exhibited size recovery followed by the enhanced complexity of dental shape and function following the end-Cretaceous extinction.

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Tseng et al. (CC BY 4.0)

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