A phenology of the evolution of endothermy in birds and mammals

BG Lovegrove - Biological Reviews, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Recent palaeontological data and novel physiological hypotheses now allow a timescaled
reconstruction of the evolution of endothermy in birds and mammals. A three‐phase iterative …

Early Triassic terrestrial tetrapod fauna: a review

M Romano, M Bernardi, FM Petti, B Rubidge… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Permian-Triassic mass extinction (PTME, ca. 252 Mya) was one of the most
severe biotic crises of the Phanerozoic, eliminating> 90% of marine and terrestrial species …

Anatomy of a mass extinction: sedimentological and taphonomic evidence for drought-induced die-offs at the Permo-Triassic boundary in the main Karoo Basin, South …

RMH Smith, J Botha-Brink - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2014 - Elsevier
The southern part of the Karoo Basin of South Africa contains a near complete stratigraphic
record of the Permo-Triassic boundary (PTB). Isotope-and magneto-stratigraphy confirm that …

[HTML][HTML] The Mesozoic terminated in boreal spring

MAD During, J Smit, DFAE Voeten, C Berruyer… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The Cretaceous–Palaeogene mass extinction around 66 million years ago was
triggered by the Chicxulub asteroid impact on the present-day Yucatán Peninsula 1, 2. This …

Fossils reveal the complex evolutionary history of the mammalian regionalized spine

KE Jones, KD Angielczyk, PD Polly, JJ Head… - Science, 2018 - science.org
A unique characteristic of mammals is a vertebral column with anatomically distinct regions,
but when and how this trait evolved remains unknown. We reconstructed vertebral regions …

Inner ear biomechanics reveals a Late Triassic origin for mammalian endothermy

R Araújo, R David, J Benoit, JK Lungmus, A Stoessel… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Endothermy underpins the ecological dominance of mammals and birds in diverse
environmental settings 1, 2. However, it is unclear when this crucial feature emerged during …

Synchrotron scanning sheds new light on Lumkuia fuzzi (Therapsida, Cynodontia) from the Middle Triassic of South Africa and its phylogenetic placement

J Benoit, M Nxumalo, LA Norton, V Fernandez… - Journal of African Earth …, 2022 - Elsevier
Lumkuia fuzzi is a small non-mammalian cynodont from the Middle Triassic of South Africa. It
has traditionally been phylogenetically identified as a basal Probainognathia, but some …

Taphonomy of drought afflicted tetrapods in the early Triassic Karoo Basin, South Africa

RMH Smith, J Botha, PA Viglietti - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2022 - Elsevier
The sedimentology and taphonomy of in-situ fossils from earliest Triassic strata (Induan) in
the southern Karoo Basin of South Africa is presented as evidence for episodes of drought …

Late acquisition of erect hindlimb posture and function in the forerunners of therian mammals

PJ Bishop, SE Pierce - Science Advances, 2024 - science.org
The evolutionary transition from early synapsids to therian mammals involved profound
reorganization in locomotor anatomy and function, centered around a shift from “sprawled” …

[HTML][HTML] Longevity of animals under reactive oxygen species stress and disease susceptibility due to global warming

B Paital, SK Panda, AK Hati, B Mohanty… - World journal of …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The world is projected to experience an approximate doubling of atmospheric CO 2
concentration in the next decades. Rise in atmospheric CO 2 level as one of the most …