In Depth Docofossor is a genus of mammaliform that lived in China during the late Jurassic. Docofossor is noted as having similar features as modern day members of Chrysochloridae, better known as golden moles, leading researchers to suggest that Docofossor may have lived a similar life, using powerful fore arms to dig into the ground … Read more
In Depth Paritatodon is a genus of docodont mammal that lived during the Jurassic. Further Reading - Mammals from the Middle Jurassic Balabansai Formation of the Fergana Depression, Kyrgyzstan. - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(3):855-871. - T. Martin & A. O. Averianov - 2010. – Reconsideration of the systematic position of the Middle Jurassic mammaliaforms … Read more
In Depth Docodon was a small animal that lived in North America during the late Jurassic. Though known mostly from teeth and jaw material, we can tell that Docodon had very complex teeth for the time, and that these may have been used to process a variety of things from insects to seeds and other … Read more