The ecological diversification of early mammals is one of the most globally transformative
events in Earth's history and the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution (KTR) and end …

Recent palaeontological data and novel physiological hypotheses now allow a timescaled
reconstruction of the evolution of endothermy in birds and mammals. A three‐phase iterative …

A series of spectacular discoveries have transformed our understanding of Mesozoic
mammals in recent years. These finds reveal hitherto-unsuspected ecomorphological …

Jaw morphology is closely linked to both diet and biomechanical performance, and jaws are
one of the most common Mesozoic mammal fossil elements. Knowledge of the dietary and …

Stem mammaliaforms are Mesozoic forerunners to mammals, and they offer critical evidence
for the anatomical evolution and ecological diversification during the earliest mammalian …

Molecular estimates of the divergence of placental and marsupial mammals and their
broader clades (Eutheria and Metatheria, respectively) fall primarily in the Jurassic period …

Ecology and biomechanics play central roles in the generation of phenotypic diversity. When
unrelated taxa invade a similar ecological niche, biomechanical demands can drive …

Most mammals have whiskers; however, nearly everything we know about whiskers derives
from just a handful of species, including laboratory rats Rattus norvegicus and mice Mus …

We report a new Jurassic docodontan mammaliaform found in China that is preserved with
the hyoid bones. Its basihyal, ceratohyal, epihyal, and thyrohyal bones have mobile joints …

When sociality evolved and in which groups remain open questions in mammalian
evolution, largely due to the fragmentary Mesozoic mammal fossil record. Nevertheless …