- Late Cretaceous,
though most
common during the
Early Cretaceous. The
Gobiconodontids form a
diverse lineage of
carnivorous non-therian mammals, and include...
- (reptilis), "mammal" (mammalis)) is a
genus of opossum- to badger-sized
gobiconodontid mammal containing two species,
Repenomamus robustus and Repenomamus...
-
carnivorous mammal groups were
already present. Most
notable are the
gobiconodontids, the
triconodontid Jugulator, the
deltatheroidans and Cimolestes. Many...
-
recovered a more
inclusive monophyletic Eutriconodonta that also
contained gobiconodontids and Amphilestes; in the
second analysis of Gao et al. it also contained...
-
Spinolestes is an
extinct mammal genus from the
Early Cretaceous of Spain. A
gobiconodontid eutriconodont, it is
notable for the
remarkable degree of preservation...
- species,
being around the size of a
modern Virginia opossum. Like
other gobiconodontids, it
possessed several speciations towards carnivory, such as shearing...
- them (probably termites, as ants had not yet appeared). Similarly, the
gobiconodontid Spinolestes possessed adaptations for
fossoriality and
convergent traits...
-
Nanocuris came to
succeed the
larger gobiconodontids and Jugulator,
while in Asia the
Early Cretaceous gobiconodontid radiation is
replaced in the Late Cretaceous...
-
Indeterminate Yaverland Yaverland bed 38 A
lower right premolariform Gobiconodontid Loxaulax ?L.
valdensis Teeth Eobaatarid multituberculate Yaverlestes...
-
dental traits relative to
recognized eutriconodont subgroups.
Unlike gobiconodontids, the
incisors are small, peg-like, and numerous, with 5 in the upper...
