Mixodectes belonged to an extinct family known as mixodectids and lived during the Paleocene epoch. This geological epoch followed the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event that killed off non-avian ...

This dietary preference highlights the importance of vegetation in its habitat during the Paleocene epoch. The study was led ...

Mixodectes was quite large for a tree-dwelling mammal in North America during the early Paleocene—the geological epoch that followed the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event that killed off non ...

Today the average global temperature is around 15-16 degrees Celsius, but in the Paleocene it was around seven degrees warmer than it is today. That might not sound like much, but it effected ...