The late Quaternary is characterized by the extinction of many terrestrial megafauna, which
included tortoises (Family: Testudinidae). However, limited information is available on how …

A robust timetree for Mammalia was constructed using the time calibration function of BEAST
v1. 10.4 and MEGA 11. The analysis involved the application of times of the most recent …

An organism's body size is interlinked with several ecological and physiological parameters
and, therefore, has been widely used to detect and describe long-term macroevolutionary …

Organismal morphology has been at the core of study of biodiversity for millennia before the
formalization of the concept of evolution. In the early to mid-twentieth century, a strong …

Data on the principal Cenozoic localities of marine bony fishes (represented by skeletal
remains, not otoliths) from the territory of the development of the Tethys and Paratethys are …

Colonization of a novel habitat is often followed by radiation in the wake of ecological
opportunity. Alternatively, some habitats should be inherently more constraining than others …

Major ecological transitions are thought to fuel evolutionary radiations, but whether they are
contingent on the evolution of certain traits is unclear. We show that the rapid ecological …

Evolutionary innovations have played an important role in shaping the diversity of life that
we see today. However, the way in which these innovations arise and their downstream …

Brains and their component brain regions vary widely in size and structure across
vertebrates. However, extreme increases in total brain size relative to body size (extreme …

The fundamental constraints governing the flow of energy through consumer-resource
systems ultimately determines the structure and dynamics of food webs. As this is true …