Armoured dinosaurs are well known for their evolution of specialized tail weapons—paired
tail spikes in stegosaurs and heavy tail clubs in advanced ankylosaurs. Armoured dinosaurs …

In the dusk of the Mesozoic, advanced duck-billed dinosaurs (Hadrosauridae) were so
successful that they likely outcompeted other herbivores, contributing to declines in dinosaur …

Monotremata is a clade of egg-lying mammals, represented by the living platypus and
echidnas, which is endemic to Australia, and adjacent islands. Occurrence of basal …

The end Cretaceous mass extinction was marked by a dramatic change in biodiversity, and
the extinction of all non-avian dinosaurs. To understand the diversity of dinosaur clades prior …

The miniature orb weaving spiders (symphytognathoids) are a group of small spiders (< 2
mm), including the smallest adult spider Patu digua (0.37 mm in body length), that have …

Abstract Premise Acmopyle (Podocarpaceae) comprises two extant species from Oceania
that are physiologically restricted to ever‐wet rainforests, a confirmed fossil record based on …

Abstract The Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Mata Amarilla Formation in western central
Santa Cruz province of Argentina has yielded fragmentary teeth of a large? docodontan, an …

Abstract The Snow Hill Island Formation (SHIF; late Campanian–early Maastrichtian) crops
out in the northeast of the Antarctic Peninsula and constitutes the basal part of the late …

The fossil record from Cenozoic sediments provides a great deal of information that has
direct bearing on the early assembling of modern Patagonian ecosystems. In this synthesis …

Unraveling the biotic and abiotic drivers likely influencing clades' diversification dynamics
(differential speciation and extinction rates) is crucial for understanding life on Earth. Here …