The number of published studies using geometric morphometrics (GM) for analysing
biological shape has increased steadily since the beginning of the 1990s, covering multiple …

The labyrinth of the vertebrate inner ear is a sensory system that governs the perception of
head rotations. Central hypotheses predict that labyrinth shape and size are related to …

The evolution of the various hearing adaptations is connected to major structural changes in
nearly all groups of vertebrates. Besides hearing, the detection of acceleration and …

Reptiles, including birds, exhibit a range of behaviorally relevant adaptations that are
reflected in changes to the structure of the inner ear. These adaptations include the capacity …

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

Extrinsic and intrinsic factors impact diversity. On deep-time scales, the extrinsic impact of
climate and geology are crucial, but poorly understood. Here, we use the inner ear …

Sauropterygia, a successful clade of marine reptiles abundant in aquatic ecosystems of the
Mesozoic, inhabited nearshore to pelagic habitats over> 180 million years of evolutionary …

The bony labyrinth of vertebrates houses the semicircular canals. These sense rotational
accelerations of the head and play an essential role in gaze stabilisation during locomotion …

Insights into potential differences among the bony labyrinths of Plio-Pleistocene hominins
may inform their evolutionary histories and sensory ecologies. We use four recently …

Thalattosuchians were highly specialised aquatic archosaurs of the Jurassic and Early
Cretaceous, and represent a peak of aquatic adaptation among crocodylomorphs. Relatively …