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Skye fossils reveal secrets of first mammals to walk the Earth

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Only a handful of fossils of the primitive shrew-like mammal, Krusatodon , have ever been found.

Researchers used hi-tech X-ray imaging to peer through rock and study growth patterns in teeth.

The creature lived 166 million years ago when Skye was a sub-tropical paradise with warm shallow seas and dense forests.

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