Repeated evolution of herbivorous crocodyliforms during the age of dinosaurs

KM Melstrom, RB Irmis - Current Biology, 2019 - cell.com
Extinct crocodyliforms from the age of dinosaurs (Mesozoic Era) display an impressive range
of skeletal morphologies, suggesting a diversity of ecological roles not found in living …

Grazing in a new late Oligocene mylodontid sloth and a mylodontid radiation as a component of the Eocene-Oligocene faunal turnover and the early spread of …

BJ Shockey, F Anaya - Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 2011 - Springer
We describe a new taxon of mylodontid sloth from the late Oligocene (Deseadan South
American Land Mammal “age”), Salla Beds of Bolivia. This taxon, Paroctodontotherium …

Palate evolution in early‐branching crocodylomorphs: Implications for homology, systematics, and ecomorphology

KN Dollman, JN Choiniere - The Anatomical Record, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Living crocodylomorphs have an ossified secondary palate with a posteriorly positioned
choana that enables their semi‐aquatic, predatory ecology. In contrast, the earliest …

A cladistic analysis among trilophodont gomphotheres (Mammalia, Proboscidea) with special attention to the South American genera

JL Prado, MT Alberdi - Palaeontology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The trilophodont gomphothere group is a monophyletic group of genera separated from
other proboscideans by one synapomorphy, the presence of trefoil‐shaped wear patterns on …

The ecological diversification and evolution of Teleosauroidea (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia), with insights into their mandibular biomechanics

MM Johnson, D Foffa, MT Young… - Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Throughout the Jurassic, a plethora of marine reptiles dominated ocean waters, including
ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs and thalattosuchian crocodylomorphs. These Jurassic ecosystems …

[PDF][PDF] Osteology of Arctodictis sinclairi (Mammalia, Metatheria, Sparassodonta) and phylogeny of Cenozoic metatherian carnivores from South America

AM Forasiepi - Monografías del Museo Argentino de Ciencias …, 2009 - academia.edu
The anatomy of Arctodictis sinclairi (Sparassodonta, Borhyaenidae) is studied in detail in
this work and constitutes the core of the present contribution. The specimen MLP 85-VII-3-1 …

The anatomy of Dolichocebus gaimanensis, a stem platyrrhine monkey from Argentina

RF Kay, JG Fleagle, TRT Mitchell, M Colbert… - Journal of Human …, 2008 - Elsevier
Dolichocebus is known from the type skull encased in a concretion, numerous isolated teeth,
parts of two mandibles, and a talus. The specimens come from the Trelew Member (early …

Jaw movement, dental function, and diet in the Paleocene multituberculate Ptilodus

DW Krause - Paleobiology, 1982 - cambridge.org
The shape and arrangement of cusps and crests and the orientation of wear striations on the
cheek teeth of fossil mammals can be used to reconstruct occlusal patterns. Occlusal …

The frugivorous insectivores? Functional morphological analysis of molar topography for inferring diet in extant treeshrews (Scandentia)

KR Selig, EJ Sargis, MT Silcox - Journal of Mammalogy, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The ecology, and particularly the diet, of treeshrews (order Scandentia) is poorly understood
compared to that of their close relatives, the primates. This stems partially from treeshrews …

[PDF][PDF] Feeding ecology of the Chalicotheriidae (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Ancylopoda): results from dental micro-and mesowear analyses

E Schulz - Verhandlungen des naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in …, 2007 - doc.rero.ch
The Chalicotheriidae are extinct, large, claw-bearing Perissodactyls. There are two
subfamilies, the Chalicotheriinae and the Schizotheriinae. These are discerned by the more …