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- ... that remains of the recently described saber-toothed anomodont Tiarajudens were uncovered from a location in Brazil that was first found using Google Earth?
- ... that the Permian amphibian Trimerorhachis either brooded young in its mouth or ate them?
- ... that the Permian therocephalian Glanosuchus, an early relative of mammals, may have been warm-blooded?
- ... that a group of Late Permian mammal relatives called Nanictidopidae (restoration pictured) may have eaten fruit because their small teeth were unsuitable for grinding most plant material?
- ... that a fossil of the Middle Permian therocephalian Blattoidealestes represents the oldest record of multicuspid teeth among theriodonts, the ancestors of mammals?