[HTML][HTML] Predatory synapsid ecomorphology signals growing dynamism of late Palaeozoic terrestrial ecosystems

SA Singh, A Elsler, TL Stubbs, EJ Rayfield… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Terrestrial ecosystems evolved substantially through the Palaeozoic, especially the
Permian, gaining much new complexity, especially among predators. Key among these …

Gorgonops and Endothiodon (Synapsida: Therapsida) from the Madumabisa Mudstone Formation: evidence of a previously unreported tetrapod biozone in the Mid …

CA Sidor, A Mann, KD Angielczyk - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Fossils referable to the gorgonopsian Gorgonops sp. and to the dicynodont Endothiodon sp.
are described from the Permian Madumabisa Mudstone Formation of the Mid-Zambezi …

New information on gorgonopsian pedal morphology based on articulated material from Zambia.

CA Sidor - Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
Descriptions detailing the postcranial skeleton of gorgonopsians lag far behind those of the
group's cranial anatomy. Indeed, most recent phylogenetic recent work has focused …

Adaptive landscapes unveil the complex evolutionary path to mammalian forelimb function and posture

RJ Brocklehurst, M Mercado, KD Angielczyk, SE Pierce - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
The'sprawling-parasagittal'postural transition is a key part of mammalian evolution,
associated with sweeping reorganization of the postcranial skeleton in mammals compared …