On the role of tectonics in stimulating the Cretaceous diversification of mammals

LN Weaver, JR Kelson, RM Holder, NA Niemi… - Earth-science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Mammals rose to prominence in terrestrial ecosystems after the Cretaceous–Paleogene
mass extinction, but the mammalian lineages characteristic of Paleogene faunas began their …

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 …

Adaptive radiation of multituberculate mammals before the extinction of dinosaurs

GP Wilson, AR Evans, IJ Corfe, PD Smits, M Fortelius… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Abstract The Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction approximately 66 million years ago is
conventionally thought to have been a turning point in mammalian evolution,. Prior to that …

Jurassic fossil juvenile reveals prolonged life history in early mammals

E Panciroli, RBJ Benson, V Fernandez, NC Fraser… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Living mammal groups exhibit rapid juvenile growth with a cessation of growth in adulthood.
Understanding the emergence of this pattern in the earliest mammaliaforms (mammals and …

Mandibular and dental characteristics of Late Triassic mammaliaform Haramiyavia and their ramifications for basal mammal evolution

ZX Luo, SM Gatesy, FA Jenkins Jr… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
As one of the earliest-known mammaliaforms, Haramiyavia clemmenseni from the Rhaetic
(Late Triassic) of East Greenland has held an important place in understanding the timing of …

An arboreal docodont from the Jurassic and mammaliaform ecological diversification

QJ Meng, Q Ji, YG Zhang, D Liu, DM Grossnickle… - Science, 2015 - science.org
A new docodontan mammaliaform from the Middle Jurassic of China has skeletal features
for climbing and dental characters indicative of an omnivorous diet that included plant sap …

[КНИГА][B] Jurassic West: the dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and their world

J Foster - 2020 - books.google.com
The famous bone beds of the Morrison Formation, formed one hundred and fifty million
years ago and running from Wyoming down through the red rock region of the American …

A Cretaceous eutriconodont and integument evolution in early mammals

T Martin, J Marugán-Lobón, R Vullo, H Martín-Abad… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Abstract The Mesozoic era (252–66 million years ago), known as the domain of dinosaurs,
witnessed a remarkable ecomorphological diversity of early mammals. The key mammalian …

The origins of mammal growth patterns during the Jurassic mammalian radiation

E Newham, IJ Corfe, P Brewer, JA Bright… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
We use synchrotron x-ray tomography of annual growth increments in the dental cementum
of mammaliaforms (stem and crown fossil mammals) from three faunas across the Jurassic …

Evolutionary development in basal mammaliaforms as revealed by a docodontan

ZX Luo, QJ Meng, Q Ji, D Liu, YG Zhang, AI Neander - Science, 2015 - science.org
A new Late Jurassic docodontan shows specializations for a subterranean lifestyle. It is
similar to extant subterranean golden moles in having reduced digit segments as compared …