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    Castorocauda is an extinct, semi-aquatic, superficially otter-like genus of docodont mammaliaforms with one species, C. lutrasimilis. It is part of the...
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    10 cm (3.94 in) Morganucodon might not have needed it. The docodont Castorocauda, further removed from crown group mammals than Hadrocodium, had two layers...
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    fur, and at any rate fur was already present in Mammaliaformes such as Castorocauda and Megaconus. Early cynodonts had numerous small foramina on their snout...
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    Carnegie scientists made critical discoveries such as Puijila darwini, Castorocauda lutrasimilis, and Hadrocodium wui. Portion of the dinosaur exhibit. Fossil...
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    evidence of hair is found in a well-preserved specimen of the docodont Castorocauda, though hair likely evolved much earlier in synapsids. The structure...
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    nocturnal insectivore niche from the mid-Jurassic onwards; the Jurassic Castorocauda, for example, was a close relative of true mammals that had adaptations...
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    back as docodonts, haramiyidans and eutriconodonts, with specimens of Castorocauda, Megaconus and Spinolestes preserving compound follicles with both guard...
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    unambiguous imprints of hair is the Callovian (late middle Jurassic) Castorocauda and several contemporary haramiyidans, both non-mammalian mammaliaform...
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    similar to modern placentals was aquatic, the Jurassic mammaliaform Castorocauda. It seems to have been adapted to water much like a beaver, with teeth...
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  • Troodon ("Zeppelin: Pangaea" only), Kiera Chirostenotes (season 3), Cassie Castorocauda Tabitha St. Germain as Angela Avisaurus, Arlene Archaeopteryx, Cindy...
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    fossil, along with others such as Repenomamus, Volaticotherium, and Castorocauda, challenge the notion that early mammals and mammaliaforms were restricted...
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    preserved remains have revealed a variety of lifestyles. The docodontan Castorocauda was adapted to aquatic life, similarly to the platypus and otters. Some...
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  • evolved, remaining relatively small, but spreading widely; the Jurassic Castorocauda, for example, had adaptations for swimming, digging and catching fish...
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    unambiguous imprints of hair are the Callovian (late middle Jurassic) Castorocauda and several contemporary haramiyidans, both near-mammal cynodonts, giving...
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    berryi, Probainognathus jenseni; 2nd row: Brasilitherium riograndensis, Castorocauda lutrasimilis; 3rd row: Ornithorhynchus anatinus (platypus), Loxodonta...
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    fur is in fossils of Castorocauda and Megaconus, from 164M years ago in the mid-Jurassic. As both mammals Megaconus and Castorocauda have a double coat...
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    mammal fur (Lower Cretaceous fossils of Eomaia, Volaticotherium and Castorocauda with the fur preserved still attached are currently the oldest). Indirect...
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    †Megazostrodon, and others †Docodonta - docodonts, including †Haldanodon and †Castorocauda (Ji et al., 2006) Unnamed clade 2 - a clade containing all living mammals...
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    the mammalian lineage, as fossils of Volaticotherium, and the docodont Castorocauda, discovered in rocks dated to about 164 million years ago, also have...
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     Haldanodon  Castorocauda...
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    Paritatodon? Pseudotribos Shuotherium †Docodonta Agilodocodon Borealestes Castorocauda Cyrtlatherium Dobunnodon Docodon Docofossor Dsungarodon Ergetiis Gondtherium...
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    Paritatodon? Pseudotribos Shuotherium †Docodonta Agilodocodon Borealestes Castorocauda Cyrtlatherium Dobunnodon Docodon Docofossor Dsungarodon Ergetiis Gondtherium...
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  • Valley Station" (Jurassic Time period) 76 10 "Tiny's Fishing Friend" Castorocauda April 20, 2015 (2015-04-20) "Castorcauda Corner Station" (Jurassic Time...
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     Haldanodon  Castorocauda...
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    Paritatodon? Pseudotribos Shuotherium †Docodonta Agilodocodon Borealestes Castorocauda Cyrtlatherium Dobunnodon Docodon Docofossor Dsungarodon Ergetiis Gondtherium...
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     Haldanodon  Castorocauda...
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    Paritatodon? Pseudotribos Shuotherium †Docodonta Agilodocodon Borealestes Castorocauda Cyrtlatherium Dobunnodon Docodon Docofossor Dsungarodon Ergetiis Gondtherium...
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    Paritatodon? Pseudotribos Shuotherium †Docodonta Agilodocodon Borealestes Castorocauda Cyrtlatherium Dobunnodon Docodon Docofossor Dsungarodon Ergetiis Gondtherium...
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    Paritatodon? Pseudotribos Shuotherium †Docodonta Agilodocodon Borealestes Castorocauda Cyrtlatherium Dobunnodon Docodon Docofossor Dsungarodon Ergetiis Gondtherium...
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    scansoriopterygids would have lived alongside synapsids such as the aquatic Castorocauda, arboreal gliding mammal Volaticotherium and various types of gliding...
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