Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Ambondro mahabo

Ambondro mahabo jaw edit

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Original - Jaw of Ambondro mahabo, seen in lingual view (from the side of the tongue). The scale bar is 1 millimetre (0.039 in). The mammal species is known only from this fragmentary lower jaw with three teeth, interpreted as the last premolar and the first two molars. The oldest known mammal with putatively tribosphenic teeth, it is about 25 million years older than the oldest previously known mammal with such teeth.

Reason: Not something you see every day- this entire species and genus (the article for which is a current FAC candidate) is known entirely from this tiny fragment of jaw. We have a microscopic photograph of the fragment, in the usual style for this kind of thing, sent to us by the scientists at the request of the article writer. Highly encyclopedic content and style, massive encyclopedic value, incredibly irreplaceable, obvious technical quality. Caption modified from the article.
Articles in which this image appears: Ambondro mahabo, Mesozoic mammals of Madagascar
FP category for this image: Mammals
Creator: André R. Wyss

Support as nominator --J Milburn (talk) 16:37, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support Per nom’s reasoning. Greg L (talk) 16:55, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. Noodle snacks (talk) 01:41, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support Not visually exciting, but, as is stated in the nom, incredibly interesting. WackyWace ^{converse | contribs} 13:19, 13 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 19:38, 13 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support. A clear illustration of the sum of our knowledge about this animal. Mostlyharmless (talk) 02:45, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I'm actually not wild about the artistic or technical quality, but the encyclopedic value is too tremendous to overlook. Tim Pierce (talk) 01:33, 18 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Ambondro lingual.jpg --I'ḏ ♥One 17:47, 20 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]