Mammal
Repenomamus
One specimen preserved remains of a baby Psittacosaurus inside its stomach.
Repenomamus demonstrates that Cretaceous mammals could also feed on small dinosaurs.
Three stages. One companion.
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AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Repenomamus at a glance
- Diet
- Carnivore
- It is interpreted as a consumer of other animals. Hunting and scavenging are not mutually exclusive behaviors.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Gobiconodontidae
- Gobiconodontids
- Fossil locations
- China
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Repenomamus
Its species ranged from roughly opossum-sized to badger-sized. Fossils show that it ate vertebrates, including dinosaurs, although the evidence cannot always distinguish hunting from scavenging.
One specimen preserves the remains of a young Psittacosaurus in its stomach, direct evidence of a meal. The find alone cannot show whether the mammal hunted the dinosaur or scavenged its body.
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.Sources & text credits
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- Repenomamus
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- Repenomamus
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- Gobiconodontidae
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