Gado inserido no bioma menos preservado do Brasil não substitui funções ecológicas de nenhuma das espécies extintas há 12 mil anos

A well-preserved fossil snake from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil shows early ecological and brain shape disparity in the group.

Gado inserido no bioma menos preservado do Brasil não substitui funções ecológicas de nenhuma das espécies extintas há 12 mil anos

The evaluation of the endocranial anatomy of 43 crocodylian species reveals several differences, including variation in the curvature of the encephalic endocast, the size of the endosseous labyrinth ...

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Following a long restitution campaign, both countries announced their willingness to repatriate the 110-million-year-old spinosaurid Irritator challengeri.

Abstract. Time-calibrating a phylogenetic tree is a fundamental step in phylogenetic inference, as it allows the study of macroevolutionary processes such

Germany and Brazil reach agreement over controversial spinosaurid fossil, heralding new collaboration between the two nations

Study of fossilised beaks shows patterns of wear and suggests some ancient species were up to 19 metres long

Top predators drive changes in ecosystem structure. For the last ~370 million years, large-sized vertebrates have dominated the apex of the marine food chain, while invertebrates have served as smalle...

Abstract. As the sole living rhynchocephalian, the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) provides important comparative information for fossil rhynchocephalians an

We introduce ENHYDROSS, a new mechanistic model that uses optimal swimming speed and minimum cost of transport to estimate maximum dispersal distances and durations for vertebrates, enabling assessme...

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Phylogenetic Comparative Methods

Cidade et al. undertook a comprehensive treatment of the phylogenetic nomenclature of Caimaninae (which includes extant caimans). Rey et al. undertook morphometric analyses of Antulsporites spores fro...

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The authors survey community palaeontological databases, documenting their contributions to science as well as their vulnerabilities, and provide recommendations for the future of open science databas...

Gardiner et al. reconstruct the diversity of sharks and rays across the past 145 million years using deep learning and an extensive dataset. Their results unveil previously hidden patterns, including ...

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