Hard dental tissues possess a complex hierarchical structure that is particularly evident in
enamel, the most mineralised substance in the human body. Its complex and interlinked …

Mammals are diagnosed by more than 30 osteological characters (eg squamosal-dentary
jaw joint, three inner ear ossicles, etc.) that are readily preserved in the fossil record …

Prozostrodon brasiliensis and Therioherpeton cargnini are non‐mammaliaform cynodonts
that lived~ 233 million years ago (late Carnian, Late Triassic) in western Gondwana. They …

Abstract Triassic cynodonts from South America are key taxa in the investigation of the
emergence of mammalian characters. One of the most iconic species from the Carnian is …

The origin of cynodonts, the group ancestral to and including mammals, is one of the major
outstanding problems in therapsid evolution. One of the most troubling aspects of the …

This paper is the first in a two‐part series that charts the evolution of appendicular
musculature along the mammalian stem lineage, drawing upon the exceptional fossil record …

Abstract The Chañares Formation (Ischigualasto‐Villa Unión Basin) is worldwide known by
its exquisitely preserved fossil record of latest Middle‐to‐early Late Triassic tetrapods …

The mammalian brain is very distinctive for its large relative size, enlarged olfactory bulbs,
and layered isocortex. These defining traits likely evolved in the non-mammalian …

Almost forty years of field investigations on the farm Lemoenfontein, near Aliwal North in the
southern Free State Province of South Africa, have recovered a diverse amniote fauna from …

Diarthrognathus broomi is a transitional taxon between non‐mammaliaform cynodonts and
Mammaliaformes that occurred during the Late Triassic to Early Jurassic. All known …