Fun Facts!
1. Small mammals such as Alphadon and Didelphodon used to live alongside the dinosaurs. Once dinosaurs went extinct at the end of the Cretaceous Period, mammals had the opportunity to become more diverse and grow larger in size.
2. The size and shape of Alphadon’s teeth indicates it probably ate fruit, bugs, and maybe small animals like lizards. It was probably only a foot long and may have resembled a modern opossum.
3. The sharp tooth cusps and massive premolars suggest that Didelphodon may have been a bone crushing predator and/or scavenger.