Mammaliaform
Castorocauda
Its name refers to a "beaver tail."
Castorocauda superficially resembled an otter, although it belonged to a different branch.
Three stages. One companion.
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Castorocauda at a glance
- Diet
- Fish and small aquatic animals
- Its teeth and semiaquatic adaptations are associated with catching food in the water.
- When it lived
- Jurassic
- Group
- Docodonta
- Docodonts
- Fossil locations
- China
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Castorocauda
It was a semi-aquatic early mammal relative, or mammaliaform, with a superficial resemblance to an otter. Its discovery showed that Jurassic relatives of mammals already occupied varied environments and ways of life.
Its name refers to a “beaver tail.” Its water-associated lifestyle broadened the picture of Jurassic mammaliaforms: these early mammal relatives did not all live in the same setting or in the same way.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
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