We propose a practical concept that distinguishes the particular kind of weaponry that has
evolved to be used in combat between individuals of the same species and sex, which we …

The current literature on marsupial phylogenetics includes numerous studies based on
analyses of morphological data with limited sampling of Recent and fossil taxa, and many …

Bandicoots and bilbies (Marsupialia: Peramelemorphia) represent the dominant omnivorous
clade of Australasian marsupials and, as ground-dwelling, small-to medium-sized mammals …

Background Body mass estimation is of paramount importance for paleobiological studies,
as body size influences numerous other biological parameters. In mammals, body mass has …

The skull of the polydolopimorphian marsupialiform Epidolops ameghinoi is described in
detail for the first time, based on a single well-preserved cranium and associated left and …

Bandicoots (Peramelemorphia) are a major order of australidelphian marsupials, which
despite a fossil record spanning at least the past 25millionyears and a pandemic …

Amongst the Australasian kangaroos and wallabies (Macropodidae) one anomalous genus,
the tree-kangaroos, Dendrolagus, has secondarily returned to arboreality. Modern tree …

We provide the first detailed description of the osteology of the enigmatic Oligo-Miocene
Australian metatherian Yalkaparidon. This taxon exhibits a number of unusual craniodental …

Thylacosmiline sparassodonts (previously recognized as thylacosmilids) are among the
most iconic groups of endemic South American Cenozoic mammals due to their distinctive …

Newborn marsupials can be arranged into three grades of developmental complexity based
on their external form, as well as based on their organ systems and their cytology. The …