Untangling the multiple ecological radiations of early mammals

DM Grossnickle, SM Smith, GP Wilson - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2019 - cell.com
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 …

Evolutionary models for the diversification of placental mammals across the KPg boundary

MS Springer, NM Foley, PL Brady, J Gatesy… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Deciphering the timing of the placental mammal radiation is a longstanding problem in
evolutionary biology, but consensus on the tempo and mode of placental diversification …

The interrelationships of placental mammals and the limits of phylogenetic inference

JE Tarver, M Dos Reis, S Mirarab… - Genome biology and …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Placental mammals comprise three principal clades: Afrotheria (eg, elephants and tenrecs),
Xenarthra (eg, armadillos and sloths), and Boreoeutheria (all other placental mammals), the …

Temporal niche expansion in mammals from a nocturnal ancestor after dinosaur extinction

R Maor, T Dayan, H Ferguson-Gow… - Nature ecology & …, 2017 - nature.com
Most modern mammals, including strictly diurnal species, exhibit sensory adaptations to
nocturnal activity that are thought to be the result of a prolonged nocturnal phase or …

Skeleton of a Cretaceous mammal from Madagascar reflects long-term insularity

DW Krause, S Hoffmann, Y Hu, JR Wible, GW Rougier… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
The fossil record of mammaliaforms (mammals and their closest relatives) of the Mesozoic
era from the southern supercontinent Gondwana is far less extensive than that from its …

Evidence for a mid-Jurassic adaptive radiation in mammals

RA Close, M Friedman, GT Lloyd, RBJ Benson - Current Biology, 2015 - cell.com
A series of spectacular discoveries have transformed our understanding of Mesozoic
mammals in recent years. These finds reveal hitherto-unsuspected ecomorphological …

Biogeographic mechanisms involved in the colonization of Madagascar by African vertebrates: Rifting, rafting and runways

JC Masters, F Génin, Y Zhang, R Pellen… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aim For 80 years, popular opinion has held that most of Madagascar's terrestrial vertebrates
arrived from Africa by transoceanic dispersal (ie rafting or swimming). We reviewed this …

Mandibular and dental characteristics of Late Triassic mammaliaform Haramiyavia and their ramifications for basal mammal evolution

ZX Luo, SM Gatesy, FA Jenkins Jr… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
As one of the earliest-known mammaliaforms, Haramiyavia clemmenseni from the Rhaetic
(Late Triassic) of East Greenland has held an important place in understanding the timing of …

Antitumour immunity gets a boost

JD Wolchok, TA Chan - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
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Late-surviving stem mammal links the lowermost Cretaceous of North America and Gondwana

AK Huttenlocker, DM Grossnickle, JI Kirkland… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Haramiyida was a successful clade of mammaliaforms, spanning the Late Triassic period to
at least the Late Jurassic period, but their fossils are scant outside Eurasia and Cretaceous …