Locomotion in Moles (Insectivora, Proscalopidae) from the Middle Tertiary of North America
- 9 April 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 216 (4542) , 183-185
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.216.4542.183
Abstract
The locomotion of proscalopid moles, an extinct group restricted to North America, differed from that of other animals. Analysis of a newly discovered and relatively complete and articulated skeleton shows that the digging technique of proscalopids involved a combination of motions that has not been observed in modern fossorial insectivores. The many anatomical peculiarities of proscalopids are related to their specialized digging technique and justify their assignment to a new family of insectivores, the Proscalopidae.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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