Mammals are familiar beasts ... were several other bones notched together like puzzle pieces leading to the jaw joint. Over ...
Anewly discovered mammal fossil may give clues to how bones in the middle ear evolved from jaw bones, according to a study published in Science yesterday (December 5). The malleus, incus, and ...
Areas of expertise My research is focused on the earliest mammals from the Late Triassic and Early Jurassic; a time when critical changes were occurring to the jaw joint and dentition. My main focus ...
Origin of mammals Most studies of mammalian origins have focused on ... Functional evolution of the mammalian middle ear and jaw joint across the cynodont-mammaliaform tran In this project we use CT ...
This image shows the upper jaw and skull of Maiabalaena nesbittae. Whales were the first mammals to evolve baleen, and no other mammal uses any anatomical structure even remotely similar to it to ...