Re: Nocturnal crocs?

["Jerry D. Harris" <dinogami@hotmail.com>]

> > relaxation on mammal size constraints toward the very end
> > of the Cretaceous, brought them over the dinosaur nest/juvenile 
> predation
> > threshold.
>
> *Gobiconodon* (cat-sized) is EK. *Kollikodon* (the _1-m-long_ platypus with
> apparently a beak and 4 molars per dentary, probably harmless to eggs) is
> also EK. *Stagodon* is supposed to have been much like the Tasmanian Devil
> rather than an important nest predator...
> What should have caused such a relaxation on mammal size constraints, and
> where do you find such a relaxation?


Must've missed the post awhile back about the largest known  Mesozoic mammal 
from the _Early_ Cretaceous:

http://www.cmnh.org/fun/dinosaur-archive/2001May/msg00969.html

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