Teeth lie at the interface between an animal and its environment and, with some exceptions,
act as a major component of resource procurement through food acquisition and processing …

Spinosaurids are among the most distinctive and yet poorly-known of large-bodied theropod
dinosaurs, a situation exacerbated by their mostly fragmentary fossil record and competing …

The giant theropod Spinosaurus was an unusual animal and highly derived in many ways,
and interpretations of its ecology remain controversial. Recent papers have added …

Amniotes have been a major component of marine trophic chains from the beginning of the
Triassic to present day, with hundreds of species. However, inferences of their (palaeo) …

From large ventral pleats of humpback whales to nanoscale ridges on flower petals,
wrinkled structures are omnipresent, multifunctional, and found at hugely diverse scales …

Vertebrate assemblages from the Junggar Basin in Xinjiang, China, are the only ones
known from palaeo-Arctic continental strata of Late Triassic and Early Jurassic age. Here we …

The pterosaur assemblage of the mid-Cretaceous Kem Kem Group of Morocco is reviewed.
This analysis examines their taxonomy, palaeoecology and palaeobiology with comments …

Observations of temporal overlap of niche occupation among Late Cretaceous marine
amniotes suggest that the rise and diversification of mosasauroid squamates might have …

Modern whales and dolphins are superbly adapted for marine life, with tail flukes being a
key innovation shared by all extant species. Some dolphins can exceed speeds of 50 km/h …

Throughout their evolution, tetrapods have repeatedly colonised a series of ecological
niches in marine ecosystems, producing textbook examples of convergent evolution …