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 …

Osteohistology of Late Triassic prozostrodontian cynodonts from Brazil

J Botha-Brink, MB Soares, AG Martinelli - PeerJ, 2018 - peerj.com
The Prozostrodontia includes a group of Late Triassic-Early Cretaceous eucynodonts plus
the clade Mammaliaformes, in which Mammalia is nested. Analysing their growth patterns is …

The fossil record of appendicular muscle evolution in Synapsida on the line to mammals: Part I—Forelimb

PJ Bishop, SE Pierce - The Anatomical Record, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This paper is the first in a two‐part series that charts the evolution of appendicular
musculature along the mammalian stem lineage, drawing upon the exceptional fossil record …

The fossil record of appendicular muscle evolution in Synapsida on the line to mammals: Part II—Hindlimb

PJ Bishop, SE Pierce - The Anatomical Record, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This paper is the second in a two‐part series that charts the evolution of appendicular
musculature along the mammalian stem lineage, drawing upon the exceptional fossil record …

A new cynodont from the Upper Triassic Los Colorados Formation (Argentina, South America) reveals a novel paleobiogeographic context for mammalian ancestors

LC Gaetano, F Abdala, FD Seoane, A Tartaglione… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Probainognathia is a derived lineage of cynodonts which encompass Mammalia as their
crown-group. The rich record of probainognathians from the Carnian of Argentina contrasts …

A new specimen provides insights into the anatomy of Irajatherium hernandezi, a poorly known probainognathian cynodont from the Late Triassic of southern Brazil

L Kerber, AG Martinelli, RT Müller… - The Anatomical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Irajatherium hernandezi is a poorly known non‐mammaliaform cynodont from the Late
Triassic of southern Brazil. A new specimen of this cynodont was found in recent fieldwork to …

First CT‐assisted study of the palate and postcrania of Diarthrognathus broomi (Cynodontia, Probainognathia)

ES Lund, LA Norton, J Benoit - The Anatomical Record, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Diarthrognathus broomi is a transitional taxon between non‐mammaliaform cynodonts and
Mammaliaformes that occurred during the Late Triassic to Early Jurassic. All known …

The Late Triassic record of cynodonts: time of innovations in the mammalian lineage

F Abdala, LC Gaetano - The Late Triassic world: Earth in a time of …, 2018 - Springer
The Triassic period witnessed a great diversification of lineages, recovering from one of the
worst extinction events known in Earth's history. Therapsids, the lineage that includes …

Postcranial morphology of the Early Triassic epicynodont Galesaurus planiceps (Owen) from the Karoo Basin, South Africa

E Butler, F Abdala, J Botha‐Brink - Papers in Palaeontology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Early Triassic non‐mammaliaform epicynodont Galesaurus planiceps formed
an important part of ecosystems following the Permo‐Triassic Mass Extinction, the greatest …

The postcranial anatomy of Brasilodon quadrangularis and the acquisition of mammaliaform traits among non-mammaliaform cynodonts

ML Guignard, AG Martinelli, MB Soares - PLoS One, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Brasilodon quadrangularis (Cynodontia, Probainognathia) is an iconic non-mammaliaform
cynodont from the Late Triassic of Brazil (Riograndia Assemblage Zone, Candelária …