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Description: Radiographs of the type specimen of Darwinius masillae, new genus and species, from Messel in Germany. Relative positions and museum numbers as in Figure 1. Radiographs show that all of plate A is genuine, while cranium, thorax, upper arms (part 1), and lumbus, pelvis, base of tail, and upper legs (part 2) of plate B are genuine.
Title: Darwinius radiographs
Credit: http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0005723
Author: Jens L. Franzen, Philip D. Gingerich, Jörg Habersetzer1, Jørn H. Hurum, Wighart von Koenigswald, B. Holly Smith
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