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Virtual endocasts of 41 musteloid species show that brain organisation is dominated by size-related scaling: larger brains have expanded cerebra, reduced olfactory bulbs and hindbrains, and rounder e...

Abstract. Major radiations have given rise to huge swathes of life on Earth, and understanding their dynamics reveals the process of biodiversity generatio

npj Palaeoecosystems - Global proliferation of opportunistic pleuromeian lycopsids following the disappearance of the end-Triassic forests

Abstract. The lower carnassial tooth (m1) is a key innovation underlying the ecological diversification of Carnivora. However, their exceptionally diverse

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

Cetaceans are a highly diverse and enigmatic group of animals with a well-documented evolutionary history. This Review describes the macroevolutionary and palaeobiological history of Cetacea, from the...

Cetaceans are a highly diverse and enigmatic group of animals with a well-documented evolutionary history. This Review describes the macroevolutionary and palaeobiological history of Cetacea, from the...

Remarkably modern marine fish assemblages were established in the tropics within 4 Myr of the K-Pg extinction.

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Sympatry of numerous predatory marine reptiles appears to be the rule rather than the exception in many Mesozoic formations, implying that these lineages are likely to have evolved some form of ecolo....

Sympatry of numerous predatory marine reptiles appears to be the rule rather than the exception in many Mesozoic formations, implying that these lineages are likely to have evolved some form of ecolo...

Historically, humeri and femora have been treated as diagnostic elements for fossil phocid (Carnivora, Pinnipedia, Phocidae) identification. This resulted in the naming of a plethora of extinct phoci...