'Grave robber' survived the dinosaurs | Synopsis

'Grave robber' survived the dinosaurs

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Reconstruction by Jorge Gonzalez, copyright Guillermo W. Rougier for PNAS The Miocene mammal Necrolestes patagonensis ventures out of its burrow 16 million years ago in Patagonia, present-day Argentina. Necrolestes is now recognized as a member of a group long thought to have become extinct shortly after the extinction of the large dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period.

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PNAS Miocene Guillermo burrow Cretaceous Jorge Patagonia mammal Stephanie extinction dinosaurs ventures Argentina copyright Necrolestes

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Jorge Gonzalez

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Guillermo W. Rougier

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Country: Argentina

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Disambiguation: Location | Region | GovernmentalJurisdictionReferences:

• Argentina
• Argentina: dbpedia
• Argentina: freebase
• Argentina: ciaFactbook
• Argentina: umbel
• Argentina: opencyc
• Argentina: yago

City: Patagonia

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Disambiguation: References:

• Patagonia, Arizona: dbpedia
• Patagonia, Arizona: freebase
• Patagonia, Arizona: geonames
• Patagonia, Arizona: yago

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A molelike mammal nicknamed the "grave robber" survived the event that killed the dinosaurs, new research finds.

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'Grave robber' survived the dinosaurs

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