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Description
Gypsonictops hypoconus
Named by George Gaylord Simpson, 1927
Diet: Insectivore/carnivore (including small lizards)
Type: Eutherian (Leptictid) mammal
Size: Possibly 1.2 inches (35 centimeters) long (Note: The size is just estimated as it is known only from teeth and jaw fragments)
Region: North America (Montana, Wyoming, and South Dakota USA and Alberta Canada)
Age: Late Cretaceous (68 to 66 million years ago; Late Maastrichtian)
Enemies: Theropod dinosaurs such as Acheroraptor, Pectinodon, Dakotaraptor and baby Tyrannosaurus; Palaeosaniwa, a venomous varanid lizard.
Episode: New Dawn (Intro Sequence)
Info: Living in the shadows of some of the last of the non-avian dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops, Ankylosaurus, Torosaurus, Edmontosaurus, Stygimoloch, Anzu, and Dakotaraptor in what is now the badlands of western North America during the last days of the Cretaceous period (Maastrichtian age), this tiny shrew-like mammal was one of the earliest members of an extinct family of small eutherian mammals known as the leptictids, which were characterized for their short forelimbs, their long hind limbs used for perhaps running and hopping, and slender snouts with perhaps a trunk and due to their archaic cranium and dentition their classification and their relationship with placental mammals remains controversial. They first evolved around 75 million years ago in the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous period, survived the infamous Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) mass extinction event 66 million years ago, and continued to thrived in the northern hemisphere during the Paleogene period, until they disappeared for good 33 million years ago in the Oligocene epoch as the climate cooled and the forested habitats that they depended on vanished.

Note: Based on alphynix.tumblr.com/post/17242…

So I am now doing Walking with Beasts like I promised ya and sorry for the wait, because I'm enjoying my summer and I am tired out from doing Walking with Dinosaurs. SO now lets go... WALKING WITH BEASTS!

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Description
Gypsonictops hypoconus
Named by George Gaylord Simpson, 1927
Diet: Insectivore/carnivore (including small lizards)
Type: Eutherian (Leptictid) mammal
Size: Possibly 1.2 inches (35 centimeters) long (Note: The size is just estimated as it is known only from teeth and jaw fragments)
Region: North America (Montana, Wyoming, and South Dakota USA and Alberta Canada)
Age: Late Cretaceous (68 to 66 million years ago; Late Maastrichtian)
Enemies: Theropod dinosaurs such as Acheroraptor, Pectinodon, Dakotaraptor and baby Tyrannosaurus; Palaeosaniwa, a venomous varanid lizard.
Episode: New Dawn (Intro Sequence)
Info: Living in the shadows of some of the last of the non-avian dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops, Ankylosaurus, Torosaurus, Edmontosaurus, Stygimoloch, Anzu, and Dakotaraptor in what is now the badlands of western North America during the last days of the Cretaceous period (Maastrichtian age), this tiny shrew-like mammal was one of the earliest members of an extinct family of small eutherian mammals known as the leptictids, which were characterized for their short forelimbs, their long hind limbs used for perhaps running and hopping, and slender snouts with perhaps a trunk and due to their archaic cranium and dentition their classification and their relationship with placental mammals remains controversial. They first evolved around 75 million years ago in the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous period, survived the infamous Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) mass extinction event 66 million years ago, and continued to thrived in the northern hemisphere during the Paleogene period, until they disappeared for good 33 million years ago in the Oligocene epoch as the climate cooled and the forested habitats that they depended on vanished.

Note: Based on alphynix.tumblr.com/post/17242…

So I am now doing Walking with Beasts like I promised ya and sorry for the wait, because I'm enjoying my summer and I am tired out from doing Walking with Dinosaurs. SO now lets go... WALKING WITH BEASTS!

Walking with Beasts is owned by BBC