Ferugliotheriidae is one of three known families in the order Gondwanatheria, an enigmatic group of extinct mammals. Ferugliotheriids coexisted with dinosaurs, mainly during the Late Cretaceous epoch (84–66 million years ago) in Argentina, where they may have lived in a marshy or seashore environment. Genera in the family, including Trapalcotherium and Argentodites, are known from isolated low-crowned teeth and possibly a fragment of a lower jaw. The best-known representative of the family is Ferugliotherium windhauseni, a small mammal, around 70 g (2.5 oz), which may have eaten insects and plants. Ferugliotheriid incisors are long and procumbent and contain a band of enamel on only part of the tooth. The jaw fragment contains a long tooth socket for the incisor and bears a bladelike fourth lower premolar, resembling those of multituberculates. Low-crowned and bladelike teeth as seen in ferugliotheriids may have been evolutionary precursors of the high-crowned teeth of the family Sudamericidae.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1564:

Livonian War: A Lithuanian surprise attack resulted in a decisive defeat of the numerically superior Russian forces. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ula

1808:

Governor of New South Wales William Bligh was deposed by the New South Wales Corps in the only successful armed takeover of government in Australia's recorded history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rum_Rebellion

1905:

The Cullinan Diamond, the largest gem-quality rough diamond ever found at 3,106.75 carats (621.350 g), was discovered at the Premier Mine in Cullinan, Gauteng, South Africa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cullinan_Diamond

1950:

Indian independence movement: India officially became a republic under a new constitution, with Rajendra Prasad as its first president. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_India

2009:

Rioting broke out in Antananarivo, Madagascar, sparking a political crisis that led to the deposal of President Marc Ravalomanana. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Malagasy_political_crisis

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

mallee: 1. (Australia) A type of scrubland with low-growing thick eucalypts, characteristic of certain parts of Australia. 2. (Australia) Any semi-desert region of Australia where such scrub is the predominant vegetation. 3. (Australia) Any of several low-growing eucalypts characteristic of such scrubland, especially Eucalyptus dumosa, Eucalyptus oleosa, and Eucalyptus socialis. 4. (botany, Australia) The growth habit of certain eucalypt species that grow with multiple stems springing from an underground lignotuber, shared by species of related genera. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mallee

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