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Rare Florida fossil finally ends debate about how porcupine jaws and tails evolved

  • Written by Natasha S. Vitek, Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
Rare Florida fossil finally ends debate about how porcupine jaws and tails evolvedA porcupine fossil recovered in Florida was the key clue in solving a paleontological mystery.Jeff Gage/Florida Museum, CC BY-ND

A rare, nearly complete fossil of an extinct North American porcupine helped me and my colleagues solve a decades-long debate about how the modern North American porcupine evolved from its ancestors.

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