236-million-year-old fossil may predate the beginning of live birth by 95 million years

Reconstruction of cainodonts from the Triassic period, including a pregnant female and a female nursing offspring

An artistic reconstruction of the *Chiniquodon theotonicus* group, showing a pregnant female on the left and a female nursing several relatively large offspring on the right. The illustration depicts the researchers' interpretation and is not a direct record of pregnancy or lactation in the fossil. Illustration: María de los Ángeles Miceli Baro