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A brief note on haramiyidans and the Mesozoic radiation of the mammals

Mammals have a longer history in the “age of the dinosaurs” (Mesozoic) than in the “age of the mammals” (Cenozoic). However, much of the Mesozoic history of the mammals remains obscure, not in small part due to the fact that … Continue reading

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Dinosaurian endothermy

Modern dinosaurs are endothermic but were the extinct Cenozoic dinosaurs endothermic? If so were the Mesozoic dinosaurs endothermic? Modern mammals are endothermic, were the extinct Cenozoic mammals endothermic? Were the Mesozoic mammals endothermic and what about the Permian stem mammals … Continue reading

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