Scientists found tiny fossil jaws in Queensland that push the origin of Australia’s carnivorous marsupials back 23 million years and reveal a hidden rainforest past

A remarkable fossil discovery in Queensland has filled one of the biggest gaps in Australia's evolutionary history. According to a new study published in the journal Australian Zoologist, researchers have identified the oldest known member of the dasyurid family - the group of carnivorous marsupials that today includes the Tasmanian devil, quolls, dunnarts and antechinuses.

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