Schowalteria is a genus of extinct mammal from the Cretaceous of Canada. It is the earliest known representative of order Taeniodonta, a specialised lineage of eutherian mammals otherwise found in Paleocene and Eocene deposits. It is notable for its large size, being among the largest of Mesozoic mammals,[1][2] as well as its speciation towards herbivory, which in some respects exceeds that of its later relatives.[3]
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Schowalteria is a genus of extinct mammal from the Cretaceous of Canada. It is the earliest known representative of order Taeniodonta, a specialised lineage...
carnivores (Deltatheroida), aquatic foragers (Stagodontidae) and herbivores (Schowalteria, Zhelestidae). Various "archaic" groups like eutriconodonts were common...
to mollusc-eater (Stagodontidae), to herbivores (multituberculates, Schowalteria, Zhelestidae and Mesungulatidae) to highly atypical cursorial forms (Zalambdalestidae...
mammal known, along with other possible giants such as Repenomamus, Schowalteria, and Bubodens. Aside from its size, it is difficult to say what Kollikodon...
and even produced large and specialised genera like Didelphodon and Schowalteria. Still, the dominant mammals were multituberculates, cimolodonts in the...
complete fossils (though Kollikodon and Patagomaia may be larger, and Schowalteria, Oxlestes, Khuduklestes and Bubodens reached similar if not larger sizes)...
less than 0.5 m (1 ft 8 in) long and weighing 4–6 kg (8.8–13.2 lb). Schowalteria is a Late Cretaceous species almost as large if not larger than R. giganticus...
1884 non Olivier 1789] Subfamily †Stylinodontinae Schlosser 1911 Genus †Schowalteria Fox & Naylor 2003 Genus †Schochia Lucas & Williamson 1993 Genus †Wortmania...
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