New Cretaceous mammal fossil sheds light on evolution of middle ear
(PHYSorg.com Archaeology & Fossils)

Researchers from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) have reported a new species of multituberculate-a type of extinct Mesozoic rodent-with well-preserved middle ear bones from the Cretaceous Jehol Biota of China. The findings were published in Nature on November 27.