Mammal
Eomaia
Its body features suggest it was adapted to climbing trees.
Eomaia preserves signs of hair in a tiny fossil from the Cretaceous.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Eomaia at a glance
- Diet
- Small invertebrates (interpreted)
- The interpretation is based on the teeth of these small mammals or mammaliaforms; the precise prey they consumed is not directly observed.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Eutheria
- Early eutherians
- Fossil locations
- Liaoning
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Eomaia
Its almost complete fossil measures around ten centimeters. In addition to bones and teeth, it preserves traces of fur, something exceptional for such an ancient mammal.
Its preserved proportions and joints suggest adaptations for climbing trees. Traces of fur add information that its bones alone cannot provide.
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 preserved proportions and joints suggest adaptations for climbing trees. Traces of fur add information that its bones alone cannot provide.
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