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Chinese docodonts include otter-like, mole-like, and squirrel-like species,
hinting at
impressive ecological diversity within the group. Many
docodonts have...
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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...
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eating fish.
Another docodont, Haldanodon, also had semi-aquatic habits, and
indeed aquatic tendencies were
probably common among docodonts based on
their prevalence...
- 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...
- two
groups is well-established. Some Jur****ic
mammalia forms, such as
docodonts and shuotheriids, have "reversed tribosphenic" molars, in
which a talonid-like...
- The most
basal synapsids with
unambiguous direct evidence of fur are
docodonts,
which are
mammaliaforms very
closely related to crown-group mammals....
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modern mammalian fur
arrangement is
known to have
occurred as far back as
docodonts,
haramiyidans and eutriconodonts, with
specimens of Castorocauda, Megaconus...
- and Mesadactylus,
numerous dinosaur species, and
early mammals such as
docodonts (like Docodon), multituberculates, symmetrodonts, and triconodonts. Dinosaurs...
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bigger than
molariforms of all
other morganucodontans. The
largest known docodont was Castorocauda,
almost 50 cm (20 in) in length. The
largest gobiconodont...
- Kepodactylus.
Early mammals were
present in this region, such as Fruitafossor,
docodonts, multituberculates, symmetrodonts, and triconodonts. The
flora of the...
