Body size is a fundamental characteristic of animals that impacts every aspect of their
biology from anatomical complexity to ecology. In Mollusca, Solenogastres has been …

Fossil species of the family Hyaenidae represent a wide range of ecomorphological diversity
not observed in living representatives of this carnivoran group. Among them, the cursorial …

Birds are one of the most diverse clades of extant terrestrial vertebrates, a diversity that first
arose during the Mesozoic as a multitude of lineages of pre-neornithine (stem) birds …

The prevalence and meaning of morphological trends in the fossil record have undergone
renewed scrutiny in recent years. Studies have typically focused on trends in body size …

Gastropod evolution during the early Paleozoic featured active trends (ie, differential
replacement of morphologies) for at least three shell characters. Selective sorting, either of …

Despite the increasing importance of molecular sequence data, morphology still makes an
important contribution to resolving the phylogeny of many groups, and is the only source of …

How well can we reconstruct the appearance, movements and behavior of extinct
vertebrates from studies of their bones and other, more rarely preserved parts? Where is the …

The clade Talpidae consists of specialized fossorial forms, shrew-like moles and semi-
aquatic desmans. As with all higher jawed vertebrates, different functional, phylogenetic and …

Palaeoecological deductions are vital for understanding the evolution and diversification of
species within prehistoric environments. This review highlights the multitude of ways in …

As a result of numerous fossil and subfossil finds of ostriches, there is great demand for a
comprehensive osteometric dataset for the living species and subspecies of the genus …