[HTML][HTML] Late Permian (Lo**ian) terrestrial ecosystems: a global comparison with new data from the low-latitude Bletterbach Biota

M Bernardi, FM Petti, E Kustatscher, M Franz… - Earth-Science …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
The late Palaeozoic is a pivotal period for the evolution of terrestrial ecosystems.
Generalised warming and aridification trends resulted in profound floral and faunal turnover …

The evolution of unidirectional pulmonary airflow

CG Farmer - Physiology, 2015‏ - journals.physiology.org
Conventional wisdom holds that the avian respiratory system is unique because air flows in
the same direction through most of the gas-exchange tubules during both phases of …

The origin and evolution of Cynodontia (Synapsida, Therapsida): Reassessment of the phylogeny and systematics of the earliest members of this clade using 3D …

LC Pusch, CF Kammerer, J Fröbisch - The Anatomical Record, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
The origin of cynodonts, the group ancestral to and including mammals, is one of the major
outstanding problems in therapsid evolution. One of the most troubling aspects of the …

Endocranial anatomy of the early prozostrodonts (Eucynodontia: Probainognathia) and the neurosensory evolution in mammal forerunners

L Kerber, L Roese‐Miron, JM Bubadué… - The Anatomical …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Prozostrodon brasiliensis and Therioherpeton cargnini are non‐mammaliaform cynodonts
that lived~ 233 million years ago (late Carnian, Late Triassic) in western Gondwana. They …

Non-mammalian synapsids: the deep roots of the mammalian family tree

KD Angielczyk, CF Kammerer - Mammalian evolution, diversity and …, 2018‏ - degruyter.com
Mammals are arguably the most conspicuous tetrapods in the modern biota. Although there
are fewer extant mammal species (~ 5,500) than birds (~ 10,000) or squamates (~ 10,000) …

Biostratigraphy of the Endothiodon Assemblage Zone (Beaufort Group, Karoo Supergroup), South Africa

MO Day, RMH Smith - South African Journal of Geology …, 2020‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Endothiodon Assemblage Zone is the third oldest tetrapod biozone of the
Beaufort Group (Adelaide Subgroup, Karoo Supergroup). It is situated between the …

Secondary ossification center induces and protects growth plate structure

M **e, P Gol'Din, AN Herdina, J Estefa, EV Medvedeva… - elife, 2020‏ - elifesciences.org
Growth plate and articular cartilage constitute a single anatomical entity early in
development but later separate into two distinct structures by the secondary ossification …

The evolution of the maxillary canal in Probainognathia (Cynodontia, Synapsida): reassessment of the homology of the infraorbital foramen in mammalian ancestors

J Benoit, I Ruf, JA Miyamae, V Fernandez… - Journal of Mammalian …, 2020‏ - Springer
In mammals, the infraorbital canal provides a passage for the infraorbital ramus of the
maxillary branch of the trigeminal nerve. The infraorbital nerve ensures tactile sensitivity of …

Floccular fossa size is not a reliable proxy of ecology and behaviour in vertebrates

S Ferreira-Cardoso, R Araújo, NE Martins… - Scientific Reports, 2017‏ - nature.com
The cerebellar floccular and parafloccular lobes are housed in fossae of the periotic region
of the skull of different vertebrates. Experimental evidence indicates that the lobes integrate …

Gondwana vertebrate faunas of India: their diversity and intercontinental relationships

S Bandyopadhyay, S Ray - Episodes, 2020‏ - digitalcommons.isical.ac.in
The twelve Gondwanan stratigraphic horizons of India have yielded varied vertebrate fossils.
The oldest fossil record is the Endothiodon-dominated multitaxic Kundaram fauna, which …