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Original - Jaw of Ambondro mahabo, seen in lingual view (from the side of the tongue). The scale bar is 1 millimetre (0.039 in). The mammal species is known only from this fragmentary lower jaw with three teeth, interpreted as the last premolar and the first two molars. The oldest known mammal with putatively tribosphenic teeth, it is about 25 million years older than the oldest previously known mammal with such teeth.
Reason
Not something you see every day- this entire species and genus (the article for which is a current FAC candidate) is known entirely from this tiny fragment of jaw. We have a microscopic photograph of the fragment, in the usual style for this kind of thing, sent to us by the scientists at the request of the article writer. Highly encyclopedic content and style, massive encyclopedic value, incredibly irreplaceable, obvious technical quality. Caption modified from the article.
Articles in which this image appears
Ambondro mahabo, Mesozoic mammals of Madagascar
FP category for this image
Mammals
Creator
André R. Wyss

Promoted File:Ambondro lingual.jpg --I'ḏOne 17:47, 20 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]