[HTML][HTML] Craniodental morphology and phylogeny of marsupials

RMD Beck, RS Voss, SA Jansa - Bulletin of the American Museum of …, 2022 - BioOne
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 …

Integration of molecules and new fossils supports a Triassic origin for Lepidosauria (lizards, snakes, and tuatara)

MEH Jones, CL Anderson, CA Hipsley, J Müller… - BMC evolutionary …, 2013 - Springer
Background Lepidosauria (lizards, snakes, tuatara) is a globally distributed and ecologically
important group of over 9,000 reptile species. The earliest fossil records are currently …

The biology and palaeontology of the Peramelemorphia: a review of current knowledge and future research directions

NM Warburton, KJ Travouillon - Australian Journal of Zoology, 2016 - CSIRO Publishing
Bandicoots and bilbies (Marsupialia: Peramelemorphia) represent the dominant omnivorous
clade of Australasian marsupials and, as ground-dwelling, small-to medium-sized mammals …

Is the “Genyornis” egg of a mihirung or another extinct bird from the Australian dreamtime?

G Grellet-Tinner, NA Spooner, TH Worthy - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The iconic Australian Genyornis newtoni (Dromornithidae, Aves) is the sole
Pleistocene member of an avian clade now hypothesized to be alternatively in Anseriformes …

The rise of Australian marsupials: a synopsis of biostratigraphic, phylogenetic, palaeoecologic and palaeobiogeographic understanding

KH Black, M Archer, SJ Hand, H Godthelp - Earth and life: global …, 2012 - Springer
The origins, evolution and palaeodiversity of Australia's unique marsupial fauna are
reviewed. Australia's marsupial fauna is both taxonomically and ecologically diverse …

Develo** a radiometrically-dated chronologic sequence for Neogene biotic change in Australia, from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area of Queensland

J Woodhead, SJ Hand, M Archer, I Graham… - Gondwana …, 2016 - Elsevier
Radiometric U–Pb ages are presented for the Riversleigh World Heritage fossil mammal site
in northwestern Queensland, Australia. The ages are determined on speleothems which are …

The Diversity and Distribution of Palaeogene Snakes

KT Smith, GL Georgalis - … origin and early evolutionary history of …, 2022 - books.google.com
The first clear fossil indications of modern clades of snakes are in the Palaeogene. Many
major groups, including 'scolecophidians'(blindsnakes), probably originated earlier, and …

A phylogeny and timescale for the living genera of kangaroos and kin (Macropodiformes: Marsupialia) based on nuclear DNA sequences

RW Meredith, M Westerman… - Australian Journal of …, 2009 - CSIRO Publishing
Kangaroos and kin (Macropodiformes) are the most conspicuous elements of the
Australasian marsupial fauna. The approximately 70 living species can be divided into three …

Palaeoecological analyses of Riversleigh's Oligo-Miocene sites: implications for Oligo-Miocene climate change in Australia

KJ Travouillon, S Legendre, M Archer… - Palaeogeography …, 2009 - Elsevier
During the Cenozoic, Australian environments changed from being dominated by warm and
humid rainforests to mainly arid/semiarid habitats comparable to those found today …

[HTML][HTML] Australia's prehistoric 'swamp king': revision of the Plio-Pleistocene crocodylian genus Pallimnarchus de Vis, 1886

J Ristevski, AM Yates, GJ Price, RE Molnar… - PeerJ, 2020 - peerj.com
The crocodylian fossil record from the Cenozoic of Australasia is notable for its rich
taxonomic diversity, and is primarily represented by members of the clade Mekosuchinae …