Mammaliaform
Docodon
The complexity of its teeth suggests a varied diet.
Docodon's complex teeth are an important part of what we know about it.
Three stages. One companion.
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AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Docodon at a glance
- Diet
- Diet reconstructed from teeth
- Different foods have been proposed for docodonts. No direct observation of their feeding behavior is preserved.
- When it lived
- Jurassic
- Group
- Docodonta
- Docodonts
- Fossil locations
- South Dakota
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Docodon
It was the first docodont to receive a scientific name. Its record corresponds to western North America and is part of the diversity of mammaliaforms from the late Jurassic.
Its complex teeth suggest a varied diet. Their different surfaces help scientists work out how it processed food, even though they cannot provide a complete menu.
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
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.A note on the science
Its complex teeth suggest a varied diet. Their different surfaces help scientists work out how it processed food, even though they cannot provide a complete menu.
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- Docodonta
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