143:
92:
on only part of the tooth. The jaw fragment contains a long tooth socket for the incisor and bears a bladelike fourth lower premolar, resembling those of
164:
17:
124:
150:
157:
76:
96:. Low-crowned and bladelike teeth as seen in ferugliotheriids may have been evolutionary precursors of the
118:
80:, a small mammal, around 70Â g (2.5Â oz), which may have eaten insects and plants. Ferugliotheriid
106:
27:
74:
teeth and possibly a fragment of a lower jaw. The best-known representative of the family is
93:
32:
60:
47:
36:
39:
101:
132:
89:
66:
85:
71:
97:
51:
81:
43:
55:
54:, where they may have lived in a marshy or seashore environment.
46:. Ferugliotheriids coexisted with dinosaurs, mainly during the
8:
18:Knowledge:Today's featured article
7:
50:epoch (84–66 million years ago) in
24:
42:, an enigmatic group of extinct
1:
77:Ferugliotherium windhauseni
183:
70:, are known from isolated
58:in the family, including
128:(short story collection)
158:More featured articles
88:and contain a band of
31:is one of three known
119:She Shoulda Said No!
100:teeth of the family
113:Recently featured:
94:multituberculates
28:Ferugliotheriidae
174:
182:
181:
177:
176:
175:
173:
172:
171:
170:
138:
137:
107:Full article...
61:Trapalcotherium
48:Late Cretaceous
22:
21:
20:
12:
11:
5:
180:
178:
169:
168:
161:
154:
147:
139:
136:
135:
130:
122:
114:
112:
40:Gondwanatheria
23:
15:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
179:
167:
166:
162:
160:
159:
155:
153:
152:
148:
146:
145:
141:
140:
134:
131:
129:
127:
123:
121:
120:
116:
115:
111:
109:
108:
103:
102:Sudamericidae
99:
95:
91:
87:
84:are long and
83:
79:
78:
73:
69:
68:
63:
62:
57:
53:
49:
45:
41:
38:
34:
30:
29:
19:
163:
156:
149:
142:
133:Jochen Rindt
125:
117:
105:
98:high-crowned
75:
67:Argentodites
65:
59:
26:
25:
126:In Our Time
72:low-crowned
86:procumbent
52:Argentina
151:By email
82:incisors
33:families
144:Archive
44:mammals
35:in the
90:enamel
56:Genera
165:About
37:order
16:<
64:and
104:. (
110:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.