Taxon sampling is a central aspect of phylogenetic study design, but it has received limited
attention in the context of total-evidence dating, a widely used dating approach that directly …

Despite its recent invasion into the marine realm, the sea otter (Enhydra lutris) has evolved a
suite of adaptations for life in cold coastal waters, including limb modifications and dense …

In the present study, a series of phylogenetic analyses of morphological, molecular, and
combined morphological-molecular datasets were conducted to investigate the relationships …

Marine mammals are key components of aquatic ecosystems. Feeding strategies identified
in extant cetaceans, pinnipeds, sirenians, marine otters, and polar bears are associated with …

Taphonomic and diagenetic processes inevitably distort the original skeletal morphology of
fossil vertebrate remains. Key aspects of palaeobiological datasets may be directly impacted …

The present study deals with new material of carnivorans (Mustelidae, Mephitidae, Ailuridae,
Potamotheriinae and Viverridae) from the basal Tortonian (Late Miocene, late Astaracian) …

Currently, there are still different views regarding the chronology of the Late Cenozoic
deposits in the Nihewan Basin, which results from the contradiction between biostratigraphic …

A dentate mandible and proximal femur of Mesopithecus pentelicus Wagner, 1839 are
described from the Shuitangba lignite mine in Zhaotong Prefecture, northeastern Yunnan …

目前对于泥河湾盆地晚新生代地层的年代学认识还存在分歧, 基于哺乳动物化石的生物地层学
对比结果与基于磁性地层学的年代测定结果存在较大矛盾. 生物地层学对比表明 …

Giant mustelids are a paraphyletic group of mustelids found in the Neogene of Eurasia,
Africa and North America. Most are known largely from dental remains, with their postcranial …