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Didelphodon Jaw Section - Cretaceous 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 an unusual offering, a partial jaw from an dinosaur aged mammal, Didelphodon. It comes from the Hell Creek Formation of Montana, making it approximately 66 million years old. This marsupial would have lived underfoot of giants such as T-Rex, Triceratops and Hadrosaurs. The jaw section is in good condition with a couple of well preserved molars still in place.
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. It is known from the Hell Creek Formation of Montana, the Lance Formation of Wyoming, and 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. It is known from the Hell Creek Formation of Montana, the Lance Formation of Wyoming, and the Scollard Formation of Alberta, where it is one of the most abundant mammals.
SPECIES
Didelphodon
LOCATION
Montana
FORMATION
Hell Creek Formation
SIZE
.61" long
CATEGORY
ITEM
#3884
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