
1) Transitional fossil
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https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/yanoconodon

Yanoconodon is a monotypic genus of extinct early mammal whose representative species Yanoconodon allini lived during the Mesozoic in what is now China. It is considered to be a transitional fossil due to the formation of its middle ear, which is a cross between those of modern mammals and their nearest relatives, the mammaliaformes. It was found ...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanoconodon
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