Morphological evolution of the mammalian jaw adductor complex
(2016)
Journal Article
Lautenschlager, S., Gill, P., Luo, Z.-X., Fagan, M. J., & Rayfield, E. J. (2017). Morphological evolution of the mammalian jaw adductor complex. Biological Reviews, 92(4), 1910-1940. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12314
The evolution of the mammalian jaw during the transition from non-mammalian synapsids to crown mammals is a key event in vertebrate history and characterised by the gradual reduction of its individual bones into a single element and the concomitant t... Read More about Morphological evolution of the mammalian jaw adductor complex.