Bone microstructure supports a Mesozoic origin for a semiaquatic burrowing lifestyle in monotremes (Mammalia)
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2413569122
Abstract: Significance The egg-laying monotremes have played a central role in our understanding of mammalian evolution, but their fossil record is poor and their evolutionary history is controversial. Living monotremes are ecologically very distinct from each… read more here.
Keywords: semiaquatic burrowing; origin semiaquatic; microstructure supports; bone microstructure ... See more keywords