Paleoecological estimation is fundamental to the reconstruction of evolutionary and
environmental histories. The ant fossil record preserves a range of species in three …

We are in a modern biodiversity crisis that will restructure community compositions and
ecological functions globally. Large mammals, important contributors to ecosystem function …

Many studies have shown a correlation between postcranial anatomy and locomotor
behavior in mammals, but the postcrania of small mammals (< 5 kg) is often considered to …

The cheetah Acinonyx jubatus, the fastest living land mammal, is an atypical member of the
family Felidae. The extinct feline Miracinonyx trumani, known as the North American …

We are in a modern biodiversity crisis that will restructure community compositions and
ecological functions globally. Large mammals, important contributors to ecosystem function …

The sacrum is a key piece of the vertebrate skeleton, since it connects the caudal region with
the presacral region of the vertebral column and the hind limbs through the pelvis …

In this study, we provide a description of the anterior autopodium of two extant species of
bats of the genus Noctilio. Based on the description of Noctilio and the comparisons with …

The North American cheetah-like cat Miracinonyx trumani is an extinct species that roamed
the Pleistocene prairies 13 000 years ago. Although M. trumani is more closely related to the …

Animals on the visible scale have been experimenting with body form and function in
enumerable enviroments for the last 540 million years. Almost all of the variation in the …

Understanding the paleoecology of species is fundamental to reconstructions of
paleoecological communities, analyses of changing paleoenvironments, and the …