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Diegoaelurus
Diegoaelurus ("San Diego's cat") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from the extinct subfamily Machaeroidinae within the extinct family Oxyaenidae. This genus contains only one species, Diegoaelurus vanvalkenburghae, which was found in the Santiago Formation in California. This mammal lived during the Uintan stage of the Middle Eocene Epoch around 43 to 42 million years ago.
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Diegoaelurus ("San Diego's cat") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from the extinct subfamily Machaeroidinae within the extinct family Oxyaenidae. This genus contains only one species, Diegoaelurus vanvalkenburghae, which was found in the Santiago Formation in California. This mammal lived during the Uintan stage of the Middle Eocene Epoch around 43 to 42 million years ago.
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- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
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- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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