Fig. 1: Evolutionary relationship of cynodonts and mammaliaforms depicting dietary adaptations and modifications in skull morphology.
From: Functional reorganisation of the cranial skeleton during the cynodont–mammaliaform transition
Relative changes in the height of the zygomatic arch and the width of the braincase (compared to skull length) are shown in the bar graph (see Supplementary Table 1 for details). The phylogeny is simplified after previously published phylogenies51,60,61, and dietary categories were assigned according to literature data52,62,63,64. Taxa included in the biomechanical analysis are highlighted in bold.
