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Repenomamus was the largest mammal of the Cretaceous. It was the first mammal that showed there were mammals living alongside dinosaurs that were bigger than mice. Repenomamus was the size of a small dog. It was not just the size of Repenomamus that shocked paleontologists: Inside the stomach cavity of Repenomamus, there were remains of a young Psittacosaurus. This was clear evidence that Repenomamus hunted dinosaurs.

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  • Repenomamus was the largest mammal of the Cretaceous. It was the first mammal that showed there were mammals living alongside dinosaurs that were bigger than mice. Repenomamus was the size of a small dog. It was not just the size of Repenomamus that shocked paleontologists: Inside the stomach cavity of Repenomamus, there were remains of a young Psittacosaurus. This was clear evidence that Repenomamus hunted dinosaurs.
  • The fossils were recovered from the lagerstätte of the Yixian Formation in the Liaoning province of China, which is renowned for its extraordinarily well-preserved fossils of feathered dinosaurs. They have been specifically dated to 130 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous period.
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  • Repenomamus was the largest mammal of the Cretaceous. It was the first mammal that showed there were mammals living alongside dinosaurs that were bigger than mice. Repenomamus was the size of a small dog. It was not just the size of Repenomamus that shocked paleontologists: Inside the stomach cavity of Repenomamus, there were remains of a young Psittacosaurus. This was clear evidence that Repenomamus hunted dinosaurs.
  • The fossils were recovered from the lagerstätte of the Yixian Formation in the Liaoning province of China, which is renowned for its extraordinarily well-preserved fossils of feathered dinosaurs. They have been specifically dated to 130 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous period. Repenomamus is a genus of triconodonts, a group of early mammals with no modern relatives. R. robustus was described by Li, Wang, Wang and Li in 2000, and R. giganticus was described by Hu, Meng, Wang, Li 2005. The two known species are the sole members of the family Repenomamidae, which was also described in the same paper in 2000. It is sometimes alternatively listed as a member of the family Gobiconodontidae; although this assignment is controversial, a close relationship to this family is well-founded.
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