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 …

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 …

The rotifer fauna of Africa has been studied for> 100 years, but there has been no recent
synthesis. We compiled data from 265 publications that reported information on African …

Opossums are the most diverse and ecologically important group of New World marsupials,
although only the Virginia opossum is familiar to North American residents. In fact, many …

Since 2012, we have investigated a stratigraphic section encompassing the late Eocene–
earliest Oligocene interval at Shapaja (Tarapoto area, Peruvian Amazonia, ca. 7° S) …

Currently, marsupials (modern members of the Metatheria clade) are widely distributed in
tropical and subtropical areas of South America, but poorly represented in the fossil record …

Chiroptera is the only group of mammals capable of powered flight. The mechanical basis of
bat flight is well established, but evolution of its constituent aerodynamic variables remains …

Polydolopidae is a family of Palaeogene marsupials recorded from outcrops in southern
South America and the Antarctic Peninsula. They are mostly represented by skull fragments …

Thylacosmiline sparassodonts (previously recognized as thylacosmilids) are among the
most iconic groups of endemic South American Cenozoic mammals due to their distinctive …

We present a systematic review of the extinct species included in the family Caenolestidae,
one of the few South American metatherian groups that has survived to the present. We …