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Dietary specializations and diversity in feeding ecology of the earliest stem mammals

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  • Pamela G. Gill

    (School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queens Road, Bristol BS8 1RJ, UK)

  • Mark A. Purnell

    (University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK)

  • Nick Crumpton

    (School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queens Road, Bristol BS8 1RJ, UK
    Present addresses: Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK (N.C.); Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK (N.J.G.).)

  • Kate Robson Brown

    (University of Bristol, Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1UU, UK)

  • Neil J. Gostling

    (School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queens Road, Bristol BS8 1RJ, UK
    Present addresses: Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK (N.C.); Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK (N.J.G.).)

  • M. Stampanoni

    (Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
    Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University and ETH Zürich, Gloriastrasse 35, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland)

  • Emily J. Rayfield

    (School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK)

Abstract

Differences in function and dietary ecology between Morganucodon and Kuehneotherium show that lineage splitting during the earliest stages of mammalian evolution was associated with ecomorphological specialization and niche partitioning.

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  • Pamela G. Gill & Mark A. Purnell & Nick Crumpton & Kate Robson Brown & Neil J. Gostling & M. Stampanoni & Emily J. Rayfield, 2014. "Dietary specializations and diversity in feeding ecology of the earliest stem mammals," Nature, Nature, vol. 512(7514), pages 303-305, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:512:y:2014:i:7514:d:10.1038_nature13622
    DOI: 10.1038/nature13622
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    1. Eisuke Yamada & Mugino O Kubo & Tai Kubo & Naoki Kohno, 2018. "Three-dimensional tooth surface texture analysis on stall-fed and wild boars (Sus scrofa)," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(10), pages 1-16, October.
    2. Zupeng Zhou & Daniela E Winkler & Josep Fortuny & Thomas M Kaiser & Jordi Marcé-Nogué, 2019. "Why ruminating ungulates chew sloppily: Biomechanics discern a phylogenetic pattern," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(4), pages 1-21, April.

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