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As featured in more than a dozen science news sites and outlets, including聽,听,听, and others, Associate Professor of Anatomy聽, is part of a team helping to 鈥渦nearth鈥� significant clues about a mysterious group of mammals that once inhabited present-day Madagascar. In their new study, Hoffmann and Senior Curator at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science David Krause, Ph.D., identify a fossilized tailbone as having once belonged to the ancient mammal聽Vintana. The extinct creature lived about 66 million years ago, roaming the earth at the same time as the dinosaurs, and beared a resemblance to modern groundhogs. Their findings provide new insights into the region鈥檚 early mammalian evolution.