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 things. This means that in the absence of actual stomach contents, Docodon is usually perceived to have been an omnivorous mammal.
Further Reading
- Notice of new Jurassic mammals representing two new orders. - The American Journal of Science and Arts, series 3 20(28):235-239 - Othniel Charles Marsh - 1880. - Notice of new Jurassic mammals. - The American Journal of Science and Arts, series 3 21(121-126):511-513 - Othniel Charles Marsh - 1881. The Late Jurassic mammal Docodon, from the Morrison Formation of the Black Hills, Wyoming: implications for abundance and biogeography of the genus. - New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 36:165-169. - J. R. Foster, K.C. Trujillo, S.K. Madsen & J.E. Martin - 2006. - American Mesozoic Mammalia. - Memoirs of the Peabody Museum of Yale University 3(1):1-171- G. G. Simpson - 1929. - A New Species of Docodon (Mammaliaformes: Docodonta) from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation and a Reassessment of Selected Craniodental Characters in Basal Mammaliaforms. - Journal of Mammalian Evolution - Guillermo W. Rougier, Amir S. Sheth, Kenneth Carpenter, Lucas Appella-Guiscafre & Brian M. Davis - 2014.
