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From: A late Paleocene probable metatherian (?deltatheroidan) survivor of the Cretaceous mass extinction

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Geographic location and stratigraphic sections.

(A) Map showing the location of the South Gobi locality in the Northeastern Junggar Basin in Xinjiang, China. The pale reddish area indicates the distribution of Cenozoic sediments. The global map is modified from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mongolia_(orthographic_projection).svg (under the Creative Commons Share Alike license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en). The zoomed-in map was produced by the first author based on satellite images in Google Earth (Version 7.1.5.1557, https://kh.google.com) and observations in the field by using Adobe Illustrator CS6 (Version 16, https://www.adobe.com). (B) Stratigraphic columns measured at the South Gobi locality. The late Paleocene fossil layer is indicated in the lower part of Section A. (C) Photo showing where the Section A was measured. (D) Photo showing where Sections B and C were measured. Black arrows indicate the gypsum-rich layer.

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