Advances in dating and systematics have prompted a revision of monotreme evolution to
refine the timing of adaptative trends affecting body size and craniodental morphology. The …

All modern mammals are descendants of the paraphyletic non-mammaliaform Synapsida,
colloquially referred to as the “mammal-like reptiles.” It has long been assumed that these …

Incorporating morphological data into modern phylogenies allows integration of fossil
evidence, facilitating divergence dating and macroevolutionary inferences. Improvements in …

Abstract The Middle–Late Jurassic transition period is a critical period for the evolution of
terrestrial vertebrates, but the global fossil record from this time is relatively poor. The …

The diversity and phylogeny of marsupials and their stem relatives (collectively, Metatheria)
are reviewed, from their divergence from their sister taxon (Eutheria) and the earliest fossil …

A review of the Southern Hemisphere Mesozoic tribosphenic mammal fossil record supports
the hypothesis that Tribosphenida arose in the Southern Hemisphere during the Early …

Large-scale molecular datasets have generally outperformed morphological data for
inferring phylogeny, and sources of error in the latter are poorly understood. The …

Australasia has had a rich history of discovery of fossil mammals, with the first specimens
collected within Wellington Caves, New South Wales and described by Richard Owen in …

The mammalian crown originated during the Mesozoic and subsequently radiated into the
substantial array of forms now extant. However, for about 100 million years before the …

Molecular divergence dating has the potential to overcome the incompleteness of the fossil
record in inferring when cladogenetic events (splits, divergences) happened, but needs to …