Astroconodon is an extinct genus of mammal from the Cretaceous of North America. Part of Eutriconodonta, it was a small sized predator, either a terrestrial insectivore and carnivore, or a semi-aquatic piscivore.
It is the first Cretaceous eutriconodont found.[1][2]
^B. Patterson. 1951. Early Cretaceous mammals from northern Texas. American Journal of Science 249:31-46
^Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska, Richard L. Cifelli, Zhe-Xi Luo (2004). "Chapter 7: Eutriconodontans". Mammals from the Age of Dinosaurs: origins, evolution, and structure. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 216–248. ISBN 0-231-11918-6.
Astroconodon is an extinct genus of mammal from the Cretaceous of North America. Part of Eutriconodonta, it was a small sized predator, either a terrestrial...
eutriconodonts, have been suggested to be aquatic animals with mixed results. Astroconodon occurred abundantly in freshwater lacustrine deposits and its molars...
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Abundance Notes AstroconodonAstroconodon sp. Atokatheridium Atokatheridium boreni ?Paracimexomys Paracimexomys...
instead among the most specialised of Mesozoic mammals. Several taxa like Astroconodon, Dyskritodon and Ichthyoconodon may show adaptations for piscivory and...
Castorocauda's powerful tail but possessing paddle-like limbs; the eutriconodont Astroconodon has similarly been suggested as being semi-aquatic in the past, albeit...
(2023-08-05). "Petrosal morphology of the Early Cretaceous triconodontid Astroconodon from the Cloverly Formation (Montana, USA)". Journal of Mammalian Evolution...
species are known from here as well, including other eutriconodonts like Astroconodon and Corviconodon as well as multituberculates like Cedaromys and Janumys...
Jeffrey Eaton and Richard Cifelli. They include triconodonts (e.g., Astroconodon), which have the molar cusps arranged in a single row; symmetrodonts...
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