Early MAMMALS of the Mesozoic

Documentary about the early and "primitive" mammals before Marsupials and Placental mammals.

Music by White Bat audio
Illustrations by Satoshi Kawasaki and Ceri Thomas
Icons next to names indicate the diet :
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The whole playlist : https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZFljdk_R2daQUpjwiAOvjlP8M0rt5a8H&si=KxlNRoF17xooT5Rt

Sources and more informations about the animals shown :
Haldanodon - https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Investigated-skulls-of-the-docodont-Haldanodon-exspectatus-in-ventral-view-A-specimen_fig1_235977015
Castorocauda - https://www.britannica.com/animal/Castorocauda
Asfaltomylos - https://www.mindat.org/taxon-4825543.html
Steropodon - https://australian.museum/learn/australia-over-time/extinct-animals/steropodon-galmani/
Obdurodon - https://australian.museum/learn/australia-over-time/extinct-animals/obdurodon-dicksoni/
Platypus - https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/platypus/
Hackett's giant echidna - https://prehistoric-fauna.com/Zaglossus-hacketti
Short-beaked echidna - https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/short-beaked-echidna/
Fruitafossor - http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=91356
Repenomamus - https://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/r/repenomamus.html
Liaoconodon - https://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/l/liaoconodon.html
Volaticotherium - https://carnegiemnh.org/mesozoic-monthly-volaticotherium/
Megaconus - https://news.uchicago.edu/story/fossil-indicates-hairy-squirrel-sized-creature-was-not-quite-mammal
Adalatherium - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/347727539_Introduction_to_Adalatherium_hui_Gondwanatheria_Mammalia_from_the_Late_Cretaceous_of_Madagascar
Rugosodon - https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/130815-multituberculate-rugosodon-early-mammal-evolution
Catopsbaatar - https://www.mindat.org/taxon-4831417.html
Barbatodon - https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Barbatodon-transylvanicus-Maastrichtian-Pui-Romania-specimen-UBB-P-Mt-1-Partial_fig4_280088978
Kogaionon - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kogaionon_ungureanui
Litovoi - https://hakaimagazine.com/news/the-surprising-importance-of-litovois-tiny-brain/
Catopsalis - http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=39829
Sinoconodon - http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/s/sinoconodon.html
Zhangheotherium - https://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/z/zhangheotherium.html
Cronopio - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cronopio_dentiacutus
Necrolestes - https://www.sci.news/paleontology/article00737.html
Coloniatherium - https://www.mindat.org/taxon-8697078.html
Paurodon - http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=39888
Eomaia - https://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/e/eomaia.html
Lotheridium - https://www.mindat.org/taxon-8677050.html
Patagonia - https://uk.inaturalist.org/taxa/347141-Patagonia-peregrina
Pucadelphys - https://www.mindat.org/taxon-4826809.html
Anatoliadelphys - https://prehistoric-fauna.com/Anatoliadelphys-maasae
Juramaia - https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/meet-your-newest-ancestor/
Sinodelphys - https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Sinodelphys-szalayi-gen-et-sp-nov-A-Holotype-Chinese-Academy-of-Geological_fig1_8963678
Zalambdalestes - http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/z/zalambdalestes.html
Barylambda - https://prehistoric-fauna.com/Barylambda-faberi
Coryphodon - https://www.britannica.com/animal/Coryphodon
Palaeosinopa - https://www.mindat.org/taxon-P40285.html
Schowalteria - https://www.jstor.org/stable/44865967
Psittacotherium - http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=40619
Stylinodon - https://www.jstor.org/stable/4522849
Gypsonictops - http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=40255
Leptictidium - http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/l/leptictidium.html

0:00 Introduction
0:35 Docodonta
2:05 Yinotheria
2:45 Monotremata
7:05 Theriimorpha
7:40 Eutriconodonta
9:55 Allotheria
11:35 Multituberculata
15:25 Trechnotheria
16:50 Cladotheria
19:15 Tribosphenida
20:10 Metatheria
23:05 Eutheria
25:10 Cimolesta
29:15 Leptictida