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The author wrote " The Sons of Godwin," j 

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Fossil mammal from the Jurassic of the 

 Rocky Mountains. One of the most inter- 

 esting discoveries made in the Rocky Moun- 

 tain region is the right lower jaw of a small 

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 removing it from the rock. The penulti- 

 mate molar, however, remains in place. The 



