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Quantitative assessment of tarsal morphology illuminates locomotor behaviour in Palaeocene mammals following the end-Cretaceous mass extinction

Mammals exhibit vast ecological diversity, including a panoply of locomotor behaviours. The foundations of this diversity were established in the Mesozoic, but it was only after the end-Cretaceous mass extinction that mammals began to increase in body size, diversify into many new species and establ...

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Autores principales: Shelley, Sarah L., Brusatte, Stephen L., Williamson, Thomas E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8114852/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33977789
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.0393