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 …

We present novel findings on sauropod bone histology that cast doubt on general
palaeohistological concepts concerning the true nature of woven bone in primary cortical …

Mammals are arguably the most conspicuous tetrapods in the modern biota. Although there
are fewer extant mammal species (~ 5,500) than birds (~ 10,000) or squamates (~ 10,000) …

Transformations in morphology, physiology and behaviour along the mammalian stem
lineage were accompanied by profound modifications to reproduction and growth, including …

Lystrosaurus was one of the few tetrapods to survive the end-Permian mass extinction
(EPME), the most catastrophic biotic crisis in Phanerozoic history. The significant increased …

Relationships between the complexity of the cranial sutures and the inferred ecology of
dicynodont synapsids are explored. Simple complexity indices based on degree of sutural …

Therocephalians were a speciose clade of nonmammalian therapsids whose ecological
diversity and survivorship of the end-Permian mass extinction offer the potential to …

The independent acquisition of endothermy in synapsids and diapsids are major events in
vertebrate evolution since they were the driving force of a suite of correlated changes in …

Cranial material of the dicynodont Endothiodon from the middle fossiliferous horizon of the
Permian Ruhuhu Formation (Ruhuhu Basin, Tanzania) is described as a new species, E …

Bone-bearing coprolites are fossilised faeces of carnivores and as such they provide
important information about food webs and feeding strategies of the ancient ecosystem. With …