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.25" Juvenile Didelphodon Tooth - Cretaceous Marsupial Mammal
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A cast of the first Didelphodon mandible to be discovered still containing teeth, now located in the permanent collection of The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis. Creative Commons License
is a premolar of the primitive Cretaceous marsupial mammal, Didelphodon vorax. Judging by the size, it most likely comes from a juvenile specimen. Comes in an acrylic display case.
Fossil evidence suggests Didelphodon was a small predator, perhaps filling the niche that otters do today. It probably had an omnivorous diet, possible for feeding on mollusks, dinosaur eggs, lizards and plants.
Three species are known: Didelphodon vorax, D. padanicus, and D. coyi. D. vorax is known from the Hell Creek Formation of Montana, D. padanicus the Lance Formation of Wyoming, and D. coyi the Scollard Formation of Alberta, where it is one of the most abundant mammals.
A cast of the first Didelphodon mandible to be discovered still containing teeth, now located in the permanent collection of The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis. Creative Commons License
Fossil evidence suggests Didelphodon was a small predator, perhaps filling the niche that otters do today. It probably had an omnivorous diet, possible for feeding on mollusks, dinosaur eggs, lizards and plants.
Three species are known: Didelphodon vorax, D. padanicus, and D. coyi. D. vorax is known from the Hell Creek Formation of Montana, D. padanicus the Lance Formation of Wyoming, and D. coyi the Scollard Formation of Alberta, where it is one of the most abundant mammals.
SPECIES
Didelphodon vorax
LOCATION
Powder River County, Montana
FORMATION
Hell Creek Formation
SIZE
.25" long
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ITEM
#219179
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