Jurassic Fossil Reveals Early Mammal Could Swim and Suckle

A Jurassic fossil from China shows Megacauda sungei had throat anatomy enabling it to swallow as an adult and suckle milk.

4 publishers · 5 articles · first seen 7 Oct 2026 · updated 30d ago

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4 publishers have covered this in 5 articles since 7 Oct 2026. Nature published first, on 7 October at 00:00 UTC; Latest News from Science Magazine followed 11h 10m later. The most recent article, from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories, appeared on 8 October at 17:00 UTC.

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