A Jurassic eutherian mammal and divergence of marsupials and placentals

2011/08/01 by Zhe‐Xi Luo, Zhe-Xi Luo, Chong-Xi Yuan +3 · 11 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Bat Biology and Ecology Studies #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology

paper · doi:10.1038/nature10291

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Citations

• The oldest tribosphenic mammal from Laurasia (Purbeck Limestone Group, Berriasian, Cretaceous, UK) and its bearing on the ‘dual origin’ of Tribosphenida
• The delayed rise of present-day mammals
• The earliest known eutherian mammal
• First combined cladistic analysis of marsupial mammal interrelationships
• New material of the Late Cretaceous deltatheroidan mammalSulestesfrom Uzbekistan and phylogenetic reassessment of the metatherian-eutherian dichotomy
• Eutherian mammals from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia

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• Impacts of the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution and KPg Extinction on Mammal Diversification
• Summary of Laurasiatheria (Mammalia) Phylogeny
• A Jurassic pterosaur from Patagonia and the origin of the pterodactyloid neurocranium
• Multituberculate Mammals Show Evidence of a Life History Strategy Similar to That of Placentals, Not Marsupials
• Craniodental Morphology and Phylogeny of Marsupials
• Earliest Evolution of Multituberculate Mammals Revealed by a New Jurassic Fossil
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