Mammels earlier than thought?

[john5746]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/23/AR2006022301879.html

 

Mammels may have been more diverse during the Dino age than previously thought?

[herpguy]

http://www.scienceforums.net/forums/showthread.php?t=18796

[AzurePhoenix]

On the same note, "Repenomamus" was a rather large mammalian predator that has been recently discovered. Maybe as large as a small dog, with stomach contents that showed it likely preyed on small and/or young dinos. It came from a later era in the cretaceous, but its discovery was similar in magnitude as that of this jurassic "psuedopus," making us rethink our long held thoughts on the place of mammals in the age of the dinosaurs.

 

Does anyone know of any other "large" mammals from those times?

[aguy2]

On the same note' date=' "Repenomamus" was a rather large mammalian predator that has been recently discovered. Maybe as large as a small dog, with stomach contents that showed it likely preyed on small and/or young dinos. It came from a later era in the cretaceous, but its discovery was similar in magnitude as that of this jurassic "psuedopus," making us rethink our long held thoughts on the place of mammals in the age of the dinosaurs.

 

Does anyone know of any other "large" mammals from those times?

 

Bigger 'rats' I suspect!

aguy2

[silkworm]

I've been thinking about this all day and just wanted to post this image.

 

 

I think it's interesting how it sort of looks like a semi-aquatic tree shrew.