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Fossils document evolutionary changes of jaw joint to mammalian middle ear

A new morganucodontan-like species from the Jurassic in China shows evidence of a loss of load-bearing function in the articular–quadrate jaw joint, which probably had a role in the evolution of the mammalian middle ear.

Fangyuan Mao
Chi Zhang
Jin Meng
Research03 Apr 2024
Nature

Volume: 628, P: 576-581
Jurassic shuotheriids show earliest dental diversification of mammaliaforms

A newly described fossil mammaliaform from the Jurassic period of China shows that the shuotheriids are allied to the docodonts, and provides details on the processes of tooth evolution in early mammals.

Fangyuan Mao
Zhiyu Li
Jin Meng
Research03 Apr 2024
Nature

Volume: 628, P: 569-575
First monotreme from the Late Cretaceous of South America

An isolated tooth from the Late Cretaceous of Argentina indicates a monotreme presence in South America by the end of the Mesozoic.

Nicolás R. Chimento
Federico L. Agnolín
Fernando E. Novas
ResearchOpen Access16 Feb 2023
Communications Biology

Volume: 6, P: 1-6
The bone microstructure of polar “hypsilophodontid” dinosaurs from Victoria, Australia

Holly N. Woodward
Thomas H. Rich
Patricia Vickers-Rich
ResearchOpen Access18 Jan 2018
Scientific Reports

Volume: 8, P: 1-14