The mammalian cranium (skull without lower jaw) is representative of mammalian diversity
and is thus of particular interest to mammalian biologists across disciplines. One widely …

Allometric constraint is a product of natural selection and physical laws, particularly with
respect to body size and traits constrained by properties thereof, such as metabolism …

The diagnosis of different fossil taxa in small collections from disparate geographical and
temporal contexts is a common challenge in palaeontology. The likely number of …

Background Previous studies have demonstrated that the clear morphological differences
among vertebrae across the presacral column are accompanied by heterogeneous …

Members of the mammalian family Felidae (extant and extinct cats) are grossly
phenotypically similar, but display a 300-fold range in body size, from less than 1 kg to more …

The body masses of cats (Mammalia, Carnivora, Felidae) span a~ 300‐fold range from the
smallest to largest species. Despite this range, felid musculoskeletal anatomy remains …

The skeleton is a complex arrangement of anatomical structures that covary to various
degrees depending on both intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Among the Feliformia, many …

Within carnivorans, cats show comparatively little disparity in overall morphology, with
species differing mainly in body size. However, detailed shape analyses of individual …

Since the early 2000s, a revival of a felid relationship for barbourofeline sabretooths has
become popular due to recent discoveries of fragmentary fossils from Africa. According to …

Adaptive landscapes are a common way of conceptualizing the phenotypic evolution of
lineages across deep time. Although multiple approaches exist to implement this concept …