PHDNM
01-20-2017, 07:47 PM
Meet the meanest mammal from the Age of Reptiles
http://images.earthtouchnews.com/media/1947781/didelphodon_art_2017_01_13.jpg
The Mesozoic Era was the "Age of Reptiles": dinosaurs ruled the land, pterosaurs reigned up above and huge marine reptiles dominated the seas. We tend to imagine mammals of that time as unimpressive, mouse-like creatures just waiting for an asteroid to rescue them from saurian tyranny, but that's not quite accurate.
Meet Didelphodon vorax, one of the biggest and toughest mammals of the Mesozoic.
http://www.earthtouchnews.com/discoveries/fossils/meet-the-meanest-mammal-from-the-age-of-reptiles
http://images.earthtouchnews.com/media/1947781/didelphodon_art_2017_01_13.jpg
The Mesozoic Era was the "Age of Reptiles": dinosaurs ruled the land, pterosaurs reigned up above and huge marine reptiles dominated the seas. We tend to imagine mammals of that time as unimpressive, mouse-like creatures just waiting for an asteroid to rescue them from saurian tyranny, but that's not quite accurate.
Meet Didelphodon vorax, one of the biggest and toughest mammals of the Mesozoic.
http://www.earthtouchnews.com/discoveries/fossils/meet-the-meanest-mammal-from-the-age-of-reptiles