Review of the monotreme fossil record and comparison of palaeontological and molecular data

AM Musser - Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A …, 2003 - Elsevier
Monotremes have traditionally been considered a remnant group of mammals descended
from archaic Mesozoic stock, surviving to the present day on the relatively isolated …

The evolution of tribospheny and the antiquity of mammalian clades

MO Woodburne, TH Rich, MS Springer - Molecular phylogenetics and …, 2003 - Elsevier
The evolution of tribosphenic molars is a key innovation in the history of Mammalia.
Tribospheny allows for both shearing and grinding occlusal functions. Marsupials and …

Major mammalian clades: a review under consideration of molecular and palaeontological evidence

KM Helgen - Mammalian Biology, 2003 - Elsevier
Recent advances in mammalian higher-level molecular phylogenetics have generated
support for the recognition of four fundamental superordinal clades of living placental …

Monotremes as pretribosphenic mammals

MO Woodburne - Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 2003 - Springer
An abundance of evidence points to the conclusion that monotremes are phyletically allied
with pretribosphenic, rather than with tribosphenic, mammals. Monotremes do not have a …

Femur of a monotreme (Mammalia, Monotremata) from the Early Paleocene Salamanca Formation of Patagonia, Argentina

AM Forasiepi, AG Martinelli - Ameghiniana, 2003 - ameghiniana.org.ar
The Early Paleocene “Banco Negro Inferior” of the Salamanca Formation has yielded
significant and diverse remains of fishes, chelid turtles, pipid and leptodactylid frogs …

Größere Taxa der Mammalia: eine Überprüfung nach Erwägung molekularer und paläontologischer Befunde

KM Helgen - 2003 - Springer
Recent advances in mammalian higher-level molecular phylogenetics have generated
support for the recognition of four fundamental superordinal clades of living placental …