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Giant Freshwater Crayfish Lived in New Zealand 20 Million Years Ago

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Giant Freshwater Crayfish Lived in New Zealand 20 Million Years Ago
The swamp yabby (Cherax latimanus). Image credit: McCormack & Raadik, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5026.3.2.

Paleontologists have discovered that a tiny molar on mandibles (jaws) of Gondwanan freshwater crayfish has a hard robust apatite layer that may well facilitate fossilization.

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