Whole‐body endothermy: ancient, homologous and widespread among the ancestors of mammals, birds and crocodylians
The whole‐body (tachymetabolic) endothermy seen in modern birds and mammals is long
held to have evolved independently in each group, a reasonable assumption when it was …
held to have evolved independently in each group, a reasonable assumption when it was …
[HTML][HTML] Decoding the evolution of melanin in vertebrates
Melanins are widespread pigments in vertebrates, with important roles in visual signaling,
UV protection, and homeostasis. Fossil evidence of melanin and melanin-bearing …
UV protection, and homeostasis. Fossil evidence of melanin and melanin-bearing …
Early giant reveals faster evolution of large body size in ichthyosaurs than in cetaceans
INTRODUCTION The iterative evolution of secondarily marine tetrapods since the Paleozoic
offers the promise of better understanding how the anatomy and ecology of animals change …
offers the promise of better understanding how the anatomy and ecology of animals change …
The evolution of mechanisms involved in vertebrate endothermy
LJ Legendre, D Davesne - Philosophical Transactions of …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Endothermy, ie the endogenous production of metabolic heat, has evolved multiple times
among vertebrates, and several strategies of heat production have been studied extensively …
among vertebrates, and several strategies of heat production have been studied extensively …
The locomotion of extinct secondarily aquatic tetrapods
S Gutarra, IA Rahman - Biological Reviews, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The colonisation of freshwater and marine ecosystems by land vertebrates has repeatedly
occurred in amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals over the course of 300 million years …
occurred in amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals over the course of 300 million years …
[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in characterization of melanin pigments in biological samples
K Wakamatsu, S Ito - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The melanin pigments eumelanin (EM) and pheomelanin (PM), which are dark brown to
black and yellow to reddish-brown, respectively, are widely found among vertebrates. They …
black and yellow to reddish-brown, respectively, are widely found among vertebrates. They …
[HTML][HTML] Triassic revolution
MJ Benton, F Wu - Frontiers in earth Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The Triassic has long been recognized as a time during which marine and terrestrial
ecosystems modernized dramatically, and it seems to have been a two-step process. First …
ecosystems modernized dramatically, and it seems to have been a two-step process. First …
[HTML][HTML] Comment on the letter of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) dated April 21, 2020 regarding “Fossils from conflict zones and reproducibility of fossil …
The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) has recently circulated a letter, dated 21st
April, 2020, to more than 300 palaeontological journals, signed by the President, Vice …
April, 2020, to more than 300 palaeontological journals, signed by the President, Vice …
[HTML][HTML] Global controls on phosphatization of fossils during the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event
Konservat-Lagerstätten—deposits with exceptionally preserved fossils—vary in abundance
across geographic and stratigraphic space due to paleoenvironmental heterogeneity. While …
across geographic and stratigraphic space due to paleoenvironmental heterogeneity. While …
[HTML][HTML] A new selenosteid placoderm from the Late Devonian of the eastern Anti-Atlas (Morocco) with preserved body outline and its ecomorphology
Placoderms are an extinct group of early jawed vertebrates that play a key role in
understanding the evolution of the gnathostome body plan, including the origin of novelties …
understanding the evolution of the gnathostome body plan, including the origin of novelties …