A tiny mammal that lived in Colorado about 150 million years ago had hollow teeth that lacked enamel, a characteristic that didn’t reappear in mammals for another 100 million years.
DIGGING FOR MEALS? The teeth and the limb and foot bones of this chipmunk-size creature suggest that it fed on insects such as termites.
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