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It's not unusual for such things to happen in biology; I'm currently describing some new species on the basis of material collected in the 1960s. The main article lists everything that has been published and summarizes information on the three species that have been fully described. I assume they are
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Main article implies that at least 6 species are known. Yet asides from the three here, there is only another mention of "nearly complete, articulated skeleton of an immature, cat-sized mammal that has not yet been fully described" in 2000. It appears that the mammal with the most remains known does
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reviewers—but there is no point in making a separate article on it now, as all available information is covered by the paragraph in the main article. I will, of course, write a full article on this animal as soon as its description has been published.
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not even have a separate article. I would be weary to support a topic which alludes to having at least 6 members, one of which I could not find a clear description in the main article, and another one which has remained "undescribed" since
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still preparing and describing the articulated skeleton, or perhaps waiting for
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to be released and will do the same for the two others. Thanks for the support.
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a member of one of the weirdest groups of extinct mammals
120:a broken tooth that can't quite be identified 8: 167:I've now added the image the discoverers of 18:Knowledge:Featured and good topic candidates 142:- well done, but a topic image would help. 112:the oldest mammal with modern-type teeth 110:'s ancient mammalian fauna, including 7: 94: 80: 66: 43: 24: 229:an interesting scientific read. 93: 79: 65: 57: 42: 274:Close with consensus to promote 48:Mesozoic mammals of Madagascar 27:Mesozoic mammals of Madagascar 1: 171:were kind enough to release. 294:03:48, 28 August 2010 (UTC) 267:20:40, 25 August 2010 (UTC) 250:09:25, 25 August 2010 (UTC) 239:13:58, 20 August 2010 (UTC) 220:07:27, 14 August 2010 (UTC) 201:00:53, 14 August 2010 (UTC) 176:20:00, 21 August 2010 (UTC) 154:I've asked for an image of 310: 163:05:59, 27 July 2010 (UTC) 150:01:26, 27 July 2010 (UTC) 131:19:47, 21 July 2010 (UTC) 106:This topic covers all of 289:Operation Big Bear 301: 290: 284: 124:the main article 97: 96: 83: 82: 69: 68: 61: 46: 45: 309: 308: 304: 303: 302: 300: 299: 298: 292: 288: 278: 104: 103: 102: 90: 76: 62: 54: 53: 50: 40: 29: 22: 21: 20: 12: 11: 5: 307: 305: 297: 296: 286: 270: 269: 252: 241: 227:Strong support 224: 223: 222: 182: 181: 180: 179: 178: 91: 77: 63: 56: 55: 51: 41: 32: 31: 30: 28: 25: 23: 15: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 306: 295: 291: 285: 283: 282: 275: 272: 271: 268: 264: 260: 256: 253: 251: 248: 245: 242: 240: 236: 232: 228: 225: 221: 218: 213: 209: 204: 203: 202: 198: 194: 190: 189: 183: 177: 174: 170: 166: 165: 164: 161: 157: 153: 152: 151: 148: 145: 141: 139: 135: 134: 133: 132: 129: 125: 121: 117: 113: 109: 101: 100: 89: 88: 87: 75: 74: 73: 60: 49: 39: 35: 26: 19: 280: 279: 273: 254: 243: 226: 211: 207: 193:18.111.55.86 187: 186: 168: 155: 137: 136: 105: 92: 84: 78: 71: 64: 257:Good work. 144:igordebraga 247:Courcelles 231:Sandman888 108:Madagascar 52:4 articles 281:Wizardman 169:Ambondro 156:Ambondro 86:Lavanify 72:Ambondro 255:Support 244:Support 212:Science 140:Support 99:UA 8699 38:discuss 217:Ucucha 208:Nature 173:Ucucha 160:Ucucha 128:Ucucha 16:< 263:talk 259:Gage 235:talk 197:talk 188:2000 34:edit 237:) 210:or 138:Low 276:. 265:) 199:) 191:. 118:, 114:, 36:| 261:( 233:( 195:( 147:≠

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Mesozoic mammals of Madagascar

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Madagascar
the oldest mammal with modern-type teeth
a member of one of the weirdest groups of extinct mammals
a broken tooth that can't quite be identified
the main article
Ucucha
19:47, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
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01:26, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
Ucucha
05:59, 27 July 2010 (UTC)
Ucucha
20:00, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
18.111.55.86
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00:53, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
Ucucha
07:27, 14 August 2010 (UTC)
Sandman888
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13:58, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

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