character taxon matrix from A new pelomedusoid turtle, <i>Sahonachelys mailakavava</i>, from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar provides evidence for convergent evolution of specialized suction feeding among pleurodires
During the Cretaceous, diversifications and turnovers affected terrestrial vertebrates experiencing the effects of global geographical change. However, the poor fossil record from the Middle Cretaceou
Fetal trajectories characterizing growth rates in utero have relied primarily on goodness of fit rather than mechanistic properties exhibited in utero . Here, we use a validated fetal–pla
The relationship between dinosaurs and other reptiles is well established, but the sequence of acquisition of dinosaurian features has been obscured by the scarcity of fossils with transitional morpho
