A new Late Jurassic docodontan shows specializations for a subterranean lifestyle. It is
similar to extant subterranean golden moles in having reduced digit segments as compared …

Mammaliamorpha comprises the last common ancestor of Tritylodontidae and Mammalia
plus all its descendants. Tritylodontids are nonmammaliaform herbivorous cynodonts that …

All Mesozoic mammaliaforms reported from China are briefly documented herein. These
forms can be divided into at least five major assemblages: Lufeng, Yanliao (Daohugou) …

There exist three key clades relevant to living mammals (Fig. 6.1). The first is Synapsida—
based on the total group, ie, any species more closely related to an opossum than to an …

The middle ear bones of Mesozoic mammals are rarely preserved as fossils and the
morphology of these ossicles in the earliest mammals remains poorly known. Here, we …

The holotypes of euharamiyidan Arboroharamiya allinhopsoni and Arboroharamiya jenkinsi
preserve the auditory and hyoid bones, respectively. With additional structures revealed by …

Abstract 'Symmetrodontans' are extinct mammals characterized by having a reversed‐
triangle molar pattern in which three main cusps define a triangular molar crown. This dental …

ABSTRACT A small piece of cartilage or bone, the element of Paaw, occurs in the tendon of
the stapedius muscle in some extant marsupial and placental mammals. It has been nearly a …

The holotype and only known specimen of Adalatherium hui from the Late Cretaceous of
Madagascar preserves the first postcranial skeleton for the Gondwanatheria. It represents …

Middle ear ossicles (malleus, incus, stapes) are known for few multituberculate taxa, and
three different stapedial morphotypes have been suggested:(i) slender, columelliform and …