Eozostrodon

Taxobox
name = "Eozostrodon"
fossil_range = Late Triassic to Early Jurassic
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
unranked_classis = Mammaliaformes
ordo = Morganucodonta
familia = Morganucodontidae
genus = "Eozostrodon"
genus_authority = Parrington, 1941
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Eozostrodon parvus"
"Eozostrodon problematicus"

"Eozostrodon" was one of the earliest mammals. It lived during the late Triassic and the early Jurassic,about 210 million years ago. "Eozostrodon" was one of the largest early mammals, measuring more than a meter long.

As with most early mammals, the classification of "Eozostrodon" is uncertain.

Like the modern platypus, this mammal laid eggs, but these eggs' hatchlings were then fed with milk from their mother's mammary glands. Its teeth were typically mammalian, being differentiated into molars and premolars with triangular cusps.

With its long snout, four legs, five toes, clawed paws and a long hairy tail, "Eozostrodon" resembled a shrew.

External links

* [http://www.mun.ca/biology/scarr/Eozostrodon.htm Image of "Eozostrodon"]