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Gobiconodontidae

Index Gobiconodontidae

Gobiconodontidae is a family of extinct mammals that ranged from the mid-Jurassic to the early Late Cretaceous, though most common during the Early Cretaceous. [1]

35 relations: Aardvark, Aardwolf, Amphilestidae, Anteater, Cladogram, Cusp (anatomy), Deltatheroida, Dermatophytosis, Early Cretaceous, Echidna, Epipubic bone, Family (biology), Fruitafossor, Fur, Genus, Gobiconodon, Hair follicle, Hero shrew, Jurassic, Late Cretaceous, Mammal, Meckel's cartilage, Metatheria, Nanocuris, Numbat, Occlusion (dentistry), Pangolin, Repenomamus, Scute, Spinolestes, Theria, Thoracic diaphragm, Triconodontidae, Venomous mammal, Xenarthra.

Aardvark

The aardvark (Orycteropus afer) is a medium-sized, burrowing, nocturnal mammal native to Africa.

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Aardwolf

The aardwolf (Proteles cristata) is a small, insectivorous mammal, native to East and Southern Africa.

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Amphilestidae

The Amphilestidae are a family of Mesozoic mammals, generally regarded as eutriconodonts.

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Anteater

Anteater is a common name for the four extant mammal species of the suborder Vermilingua (meaning "worm tongue") commonly known for eating ants and termites.

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Cladogram

A cladogram (from Greek clados "branch" and gramma "character") is a diagram used in cladistics to show relations among organisms.

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Cusp (anatomy)

A cusp is a pointed, projecting, or elevated feature.

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Deltatheroida

Deltatheroida is an extinct group of basal metatherians that were distantly related to modern marsupials.

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Dermatophytosis

Dermatophytosis, also known as ringworm, is a fungal infection of the skin.

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Early Cretaceous

The Early Cretaceous/Middle Cretaceous (geochronological name) or the Lower Cretaceous (chronostratigraphic name), is the earlier or lower of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous.

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Echidna

Echidnas, sometimes known as spiny anteaters, belong to the family Tachyglossidae in the monotreme order of egg-laying mammals.

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Epipubic bone

Epipubic bones are a pair of bones projecting forward from the pelvic bones of modern marsupials and most non-placental fossil mammals: multituberculates, monotremes, and even basal eutherians (the ancestors of placental mammals).

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Family (biology)

In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.

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Fruitafossor

Fruitafossor was a termite-eating mammal endemic to North America during the Late Jurassic epoch (around 150 mya).

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Fur

Fur is the hair covering of non-human mammals, particularly those mammals with extensive body hair that is soft and thick.

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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Gobiconodon

Gobiconodon is an extinct genus of carnivorous mammal from the early Cretaceous.

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Hair follicle

The hair follicle is a dynamic organ found in mammalian skin.

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Hero shrew

The hero shrew (Scutisorex somereni), also known as the armored shrew, is a large shrew native to the Congo Basin of Africa.

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Jurassic

The Jurassic (from Jura Mountains) was a geologic period and system that spanned 56 million years from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period Mya.

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Late Cretaceous

The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous period is divided in the geologic timescale.

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Mammal

Mammals are the vertebrates within the class Mammalia (from Latin mamma "breast"), a clade of endothermic amniotes distinguished from reptiles (including birds) by the possession of a neocortex (a region of the brain), hair, three middle ear bones, and mammary glands.

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Meckel's cartilage

In humans, the cartilaginous bar of the mandibular arch is formed by what are known as Meckel’s cartilages (right and left) also known as Meckelian cartilages; above this the incus and malleus are developed.

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Metatheria

Metatheria is a mammalian clade that includes all mammals more closely related to marsupials than to placentals.

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Nanocuris

Nanocuris is an extinct genus of Deltatheridiidae from Cretaceous of Canada (Saskatchewan) and United States (Wyoming - Lance Formation).

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Numbat

The numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus), also known as the banded anteater, marsupial anteater, or walpurti, is a marsupial native to Western Australia and recently re-introduced to South Australia.

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Occlusion (dentistry)

Occlusion, in a dental context, means simply the contact between teeth.

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Pangolin

Pangolins or scaly anteaters are mammals of the order Pholidota (from the Greek word φολῐ́ς, "horny scale").

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Repenomamus

Repenomamus is a gobiconodontid mammal genus containing two species, Repenomamus robustus and Repenomamus giganticus.

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Scute

A scute or scutum (Latin scutum, plural: scuta "shield") is a bony external plate or scale overlaid with horn, as on the shell of a turtle, the skin of crocodilians, and the feet of birds.

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Spinolestes

Spinolestes is an extinct mammal genus from the Early Cretaceous of Spain.

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Theria

Theria (Greek: θηρίον, wild beast) is a subclass of mammals amongst the Theriiformes (the sister taxa to Yinotheria).

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Thoracic diaphragm

For other uses, see Diaphragm (disambiguation). The thoracic diaphragm, or simply the diaphragm (partition), is a sheet of internal skeletal muscle in humans and other mammals that extends across the bottom of the thoracic cavity.

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Triconodontidae

Triconodontidae is an extinct family of actively mobile mammal, endemic to what would be North America, Europe, Africa and probably also South America and Asia during the Jurassic through Cretaceous periods at least from 190—70.6 mya.

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Venomous mammal

Venomous mammals are animals of the class Mammalia that produce venom, which they use to kill or disable prey, to defend themselves from predators or conspecifics or in agnostic encounters.

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Xenarthra

The superorder Xenarthra is a group of placental mammals, extant today only in the Americas and represented by anteaters, tree sloths, and armadillos.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobiconodontidae

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