Catopsalis is an extinct genus of multituberculate mammal that existed in what is now Canada and the United States during the Paleocene. It was among the largest of the multituberculates, living directly after the K-Pg Mass Extinction that wiped-out the non-avian dinosaurs and the beginning of a mammal-dominated Earth.
Books[]
The Dinosaurs of Jurassic Park: The Lost World[]
Catopsalis appears in the chapter Alongside Dinosaurs, along with Megazostrodon as examples of mammals that coexisted with the dinosaurs.[1] This is inaccurate, as Catopsalis lived during the Paleocene epoch, directly after the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs.
However, it is stated in the book as living in Mongolia during the Cretaceous period, about 75 million years ago.[1] This is because, at the time of the book's publication, the Mongolian fossil specimens were attributed to the genus Catopsalis. Subsequent research has since referred these specimens to the new genera Djadochtatherium and Catopsbaatar.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Dinosaurs of Jurassic Park: The Lost World, Alongside Dinosaurs, pg. 39
