Didelphodon Early Mammal Tooth Fossil from Hell Creek

Didelphodon vorax

Class Mammalia, Infraclass Marsupialia, Order Ameridelphia, Family Stagodontidae

Geological Time: Late Cretaceous

Size: 8 mm in length

Fossil Site: Hell Creek Formation, Perkins County, Montana

Fossil Code: PFV143

Price: $135.00

Description: Didelphodon is a genus of marsupials known from the Late Cretaceous of North America, and particularly the Hell Creek Formation of Montana, Lance Formation of Wyoming, and Scollard Formation of Alberta, Canada. It was among the larger Mesozoic mammals being similar in size to a house cat. Its specialized teeth having blade like cusps and carnassial notches suggest it was a predator. This fossil is a worn premolar tooth of Didelphodon from Hell Creek.

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