Marsupials and their fossil relatives, which collectively comprise Metatheria, have been of
scientific interest for centuries, with many aspects of their evolution and systematics subject …

Palaeobiogeographic reconstructions are underpinned by phylogenies, divergence times
and ancestral area reconstructions, which together yield ancestral area chronograms that …

The current literature on marsupial phylogenetics includes numerous studies based on
analyses of morphological data with limited sampling of Recent and fossil taxa, and many …

Abstract The Late Cretaceous was a time of tremendous global change, as the final stages
of the Age of Dinosaurs were shaped by climate and sea level fluctuations and witness to …

Aim I re‐evaluate the specific biogeographical significance of each of the land bridges
(Beringia, Thulean and De Geer) in the Northern Hemisphere during the latest Cretaceous …

A comprehensive taxonomic sampling of Mantodea (praying mantises), covering virtually all
higher‐level groups, was assembled to reconstruct the phylogeny of the order. Sequence …

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 …

The youngest time interval of the Cretaceous Period is known as the Maastrichtian, in
reference to the shallow-marine strata outcropping in the area surrounding the city of …

The biogeography of the mega-diverse, freshwater, and globally distributed Otophysi has
received considerable attention. This attraction largely stems from assumptions as to their …

Metatherians, which comprise marsupials and their closest fossil relatives, were one of the
most dominant clades of mammals during the Cretaceous and are the most diverse clade of …