Well-preserved skeleton reveals the ecology and evolution of early carnivorous mammals

Wednesday, December 9, 2015 - 12:50 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Prior to the rise of modern day mammalian carnivores, North America was dominated by a now extinct group of mammalian carnivores, hyaenodontids. Fossils of hyaenodontids are relatively common from the early Eocene, but most are specimens of teeth. A new find of a nearly complete skeleton has allowed for a more detailed study of the ecology and evolutionary relationships of these early carnivores.

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