- e lies in
front of cusp g and is
roughly lingual to cusp b. Cusp df (“
docodont cus**** f”) lies
behind cusp c and is
lingual to cusp d.
There is some...
-
vertebrae are
similar to
modern otters.
Castorocauda was the
largest of
known docodonts. The
preserved length from head to tail is 425 mm (16.7 in), but in life...
-
eating fish.
Another docodont, Haldanodon, also had semi-aquatic habits, and
indeed aquatic tendencies were
probably common among docodonts based on
their prevalence...
- gave its name to the
family Docodontidae as well as the
order Docodonta.
Docodonts had more
complex shaped teeth than
other early non-mammalian mammaliaforms...
- The most
basal synapsids with
unambiguous direct evidence of fur are
docodonts,
which are
mammaliaforms very
closely related to crown-group mammals....
- Luo ZX,
Martin T (2007). "Analysis of
Molar Structure and
Phylogeny of
Docodont Genera" (PDF).
Bulletin of
Carnegie Museum of
Natural History. 39: 27–47...
-
modern mammalian fur
arrangement is
known to have
occurred as far back as
docodonts,
haramiyidans and eutriconodonts, with
specimens of Castorocauda, Megaconus...
- of the
youngest docodonts. Maschenko, E.N.; Lopatin, A.V.; Voronkevich, A.V. (2003-03-07). "A new
genus of the
tegotheriid docodonts (Docodonta, Tegotheriidae)...
- compressed.
Haldanodon was a
docodont, part of a
group of Jur****ic to
Cretaceous early mammaliaforms with
specialized teeth The
docodonts were
widespread in Laurasia...
-
palaeontologist Dr.
Georg Krusat, who
carried out
important research on
docodonts and
other early mammals.
Prior to 2024,
Krusatodon was
mainly known from...
