| 词条 | Mesungulatidae |
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|name = Mesungulatidae |fossil_range = {{range|83|66}} Late Cretaceous |regnum = Animalia |phylum = Chordata |classis = Mammalia |subclassis = Theria |ordo = Dryolestida |familia = †Mesungulatidae |familia_authority = Bonaparte, 1986 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision =
}}Mesungulatidae is an extinct clade of meridiolestidan dryolestoid mammals from the Late Cretaceous of South America. They are particularly notable for their ecological speciation and large size.[1] CharacteristicsMost mesungulatids are generally large animals, making them inherently distinctive from other groups. Specific synapomorphies include a strong precingulum and postcingulum on the upper mollars - which are extended lingually but do not meet around the paracone - three cusps on the lower stylar shelf, an absent metacone and rectangular lower mollars.[2] They are thought to have had a somewhat transverse mastication, like docodonts and modern ungulates.[3] EcologyMesungulatids are generally large sized herbivores or omnivores, being among the several Mesozoic mammals deviating from the classical insectivore stereotype. They are among the dominant mammals in Late Cretaceous South American assemblages, and among the most derived species present.[4][1] References1. ^1 {{Cite journal | last1 = Rougier | first1 = G.W. | last2 = Forasiepi | first2 = A.M. | last3 = Hill | first3 = R.V. | last4 = Novacek | first4 = M. | title = New mammalian remains from the Late Cretaceous La Colonia Formation, Patagonia, Argentina | doi = 10.4202/app.2006.0026 | journal = Acta Palaeontologica Polonica | volume = 54 | issue = 2 | pages = 195–212 | year = 2009 | pmid = | pmc =|ref=harv}} {{Portal|Paleontology}}{{Taxonbar|from=Q21291080}}2. ^{{cite book | last1 = Kielan-Jaworowska | first1 = Z. | last2 = Cifelli | first2 = R. | last3 = Luo | first3 = Z.-X. | year = 2004 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=qJGcX3X0EaMC | publisher = Columbia University Press | isbn = 978-0-231-11918-4 | pages = 630 | title = Mammals from the Age of Dinosaurs: Origins, Evolution, and Structure | ref = harv}} 3. ^Dental and Craniomandibular Anatomy of Peligrotherium Tropicalis: The Evolutionary Radiation of South American Dryolestoid Mammals, ProQuest, 2008 4. ^{{Cite journal | last1 = Chornogubsky | first1 = L. | doi = 10.1007/s12542-010-0095-4 | title = New remains of the dryolestoid mammal Leonardus cuspidatus from the Los Alamitos Formation (Late Cretaceous, Argentina) | journal = Paläontologische Zeitschrift | volume = 85 | issue = 3 | pages = 343–350 | year = 2011 | pmid = | pmc =|ref =harv}} 5 : Cretaceous mammals of South America|Late Cretaceous first appearances|Late Cretaceous extinctions|Mesozoic mammals of South America|Late Cretaceous taxonomic families |
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