Re: Mesozoic snow?

[K and T Dykes <ktdykes@arcor.de>]

<<something else?>>

Gobiconodontids were something else, (though I'm not sure what 'trikes'
means).  Actually, should that be referring to triconodontans, that's what
gobis were.

They generally qualify as eutriconodontans, but are probably more basal than
triconodontids.  Liaoning presently boasts of three species in the somewhat
earlier fauna (139 - 128 million years ago).  These are Gobiconodon zofiae
and the two Repenomamus sisters (at lest close relatives if not quite in the
same family); Repenomamus robustus and R. giganticus.  R. robustus is known
to have snacked on cute little dino babies.  With a skull length of over ten
centimetres, she's much bigger than shrew- or mouse-sized.  Her sister's
even larger; skull 16cm, body 52cm, tail 36cm.

The known range of gobiconodontids is Asia, North America and Europe during
much of the Lower Cretaceous.

Triconodonta (and Fruitafossor)
http://home.arcor.de/ktdykes/triconodonta.htm
The Mesozoic - more than just the dinosaur.