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1. Which of these is considered to be possibly the earliest true mammal?
2. Dicrocerus was the earliest of its group to have a feature that we now think of as typical of the group. What was the feature?
3. What is surprising to a modern person about the early group of carnivorous mammals known as the mesonychids?
4. Sivatherium (Siva beast) was a giraffe but it bore a strong resemblance to another modern animal - which one?
5. Paraceratherium (previously Baluchitherium and Indricotherium) is believed to be the largest land mammal to have lived. What group did it belong to?
6. Which of these (with Steropodon) was the largest known mammal of the age of dinosaurs?
7. One of the first large mammals was roughly the size and shape of a rhinoceros with three pairs of horns like a giraffe and 30 cm long tusks in its upper jaw. What was it called?
8. The South American camel like ungulate Macrauchenia had an unusual feature - what was it?
9. What grouping of mammals now occupies the ecological niche that Creodonts once occupied?
10. Which of these were not sabre toothed cats or sabre toothed cat shaped?
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