New evidence for mammaliaform ear evolution and feeding adaptation in a Jurassic ecosystem
@article{Luo2017NewEF, title={New evidence for mammaliaform ear evolution and feeding adaptation in a Jurassic ecosystem}, author={Z. Luo and Qing-jin Meng and David M. Grossnickle and D. Liu and A. I. Neander and Yu-guang Zhang and Q. Ji}, journal={Nature}, year={2017}, volume={548}, pages={326-329} }
Stem mammaliaforms are forerunners to modern mammals, and they achieved considerable ecomorphological diversity in their own right. Recent discoveries suggest that eleutherodontids, a subclade of Haramiyida, were more species-rich during the Jurassic period in Asia than previously recognized. Here we report a new Jurassic eleutherodontid mammaliaform with an unusual mosaic of highly specialized characteristics, and the results of phylogenetic analyses that support the hypothesis that… CONTINUE READING
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