Fossil predator is the oldest known animal with “saber teeth”

The first true mammals evolved roughly 200 million years ago, during the early days of the dinosaurs. But mammals are the last surviving...
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Gorgonopsia, Majorca, Mammal, Saber-toothed predator, Therapsida

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