Re: Necrolestes, South American Miocene mammal as nontherian Mesozoic survivor

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Subject: Re: Necrolestes, South American Miocene mammal as nontherian Mesozoic survivor
From: David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 03:57:44 +0100
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Guillermo W. Rougie[r], John R.  Wible, Robin M. D. Beck, and

> Sebasti[á]n Apesteguía (2012)

 The Miocene mammal Necrolestes demonstrates the survival of a

> Mesozoic nontherian lineage into the late Cenozoic of South America.

Proceedings of the National  Academyof Sciences (advance online

> publication)
> doi:10.1073/pnas.1212997109

>http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/11/14/1212997109.abstract?sid=c591f8b5-074c-4db5-8d47-e238c84f0eed

Ah, yeah. That was briefly mentioned in a presentation at this year'sSVP meeting. Glad to see it's out!

Meridiolestida comprises the South American "dryolestoids". So,*Necrolestes* is like *Peligrotherium*, only more so. :-) Much more so!

References:
- Necrolestes, South American Miocene mammal as nontherian Mesozoic survivor
  - From: Ben Creisler <bcreisler@gmail.com>