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Paleontologists trace the evolution of tusks to toothy Triassic creatures
An artist’s conception shows a type of dicynodont known as Dicynodon. (Illustration by Marlene Hill Donnelly) Dental exams conducted on fossils from more than 200 million years ago suggest that the earliest true tusks were sported by breeds of weird-looking creatures known as dicynodonts. The evidence, laid out today in the Proceedings of the Royal…