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The prehistoric animals Necrolestes and Docofossor convergently evolved very mole-like body plans millions of years ago, and I'm very sorry that I missed them in the mole video! To make up for that, here's a whole video dedicated to them.
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biostor.org/reference/111339
bioone.org/journals/american-museum-novitates/volume-2007/issue-3546/0003-0082_2007_3546_1_NARNAP_2.0.CO_2/Neither-a-Rodent-nor-a-Platypus--a-Reexamination-of/10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3546[1:NARNAP]2.0.CO;2.short
web.archive.org/web/20131104202302/http://www.macn.secyt.gov.ar/investigacion/descargas/publicaciones/revista/14/rns_vol14-2_261-306.pdf
researchgate.net/publication/286221005_South_American_Metatherians_from_the_begining_of_the_Neogene_Early_Miocene_Colhuehuapan_Land-mammal_age_Part_1_Introduction_Didelphimorphia_and_Sparassodonta
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1212997109
bioone.org/journals/annals-of-carnegie-museum/volume-84/issue-3/007.084.0302/Craniomandibular-Anatomy-of-the-Subterranean-Meridiolestidan-Necrolestes-patagonensis-Ameghino-1891/10.2992/007.084.0302.short
https://mnhn.hal.science/mnhn-03693015/file/Lasseron%20et%20al%202022_Donodontidae%20Ksar%20Metlili_d%c3%a9p%c3%b4t%20HAL.pdf
science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.1260880
The prehistoric animals Necrolestes and Docofossor convergently evolved very mole-like body plans millions of years ago, and I'm very sorry that I missed them in the mole video! To make up for that, here's a whole video dedicated to them.
Become a Member: youtube.com/channel/UCDSzwZqgtJEnUzacq3ddoOQ/join
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Sources:
biostor.org/reference/111339
bioone.org/journals/american-museum-novitates/volume-2007/issue-3546/0003-0082_2007_3546_1_NARNAP_2.0.CO_2/Neither-a-Rodent-nor-a-Platypus--a-Reexamination-of/10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3546[1:NARNAP]2.0.CO;2.short
web.archive.org/web/20131104202302/http://www.macn.secyt.gov.ar/investigacion/descargas/publicaciones/revista/14/rns_vol14-2_261-306.pdf
researchgate.net/publication/286221005_South_American_Metatherians_from_the_begining_of_the_Neogene_Early_Miocene_Colhuehuapan_Land-mammal_age_Part_1_Introduction_Didelphimorphia_and_Sparassodonta
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1212997109
bioone.org/journals/annals-of-carnegie-museum/volume-84/issue-3/007.084.0302/Craniomandibular-Anatomy-of-the-Subterranean-Meridiolestidan-Necrolestes-patagonensis-Ameghino-1891/10.2992/007.084.0302.short
https://mnhn.hal.science/mnhn-03693015/file/Lasseron%20et%20al%202022_Donodontidae%20Ksar%20Metlili_d%c3%a9p%c3%b4t%20HAL.pdf
science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.1260880
