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A unique characteristic of mammals is a vertebral column with anatomically distinct regions, but when and how this trait evolved remains unknown. We reconstructed vertebral regions and their morphological disparity in the extinct... more
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      Evolutionary BiologyVertebrate PaleontologyEvoDevoDevelopment and Evolution
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      Early tetrapodsPermianSynapsidsOrigin of therapsids
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      MorphologyPhylogenyEarly tetrapodsCarboniferous
According to a traditional view, the specific diet in vertebrates is one of the key factors structuring the composition of the gut microbiota. In this interpretation, the microbiota assumes a subordinate position, where the larger host... more
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      MicrobiologyAnimal BehaviorBacteriologySocial behavior in animals
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      PaleobiologyMorphologyEvolutionHearing
A new fossil amniote from the Fossil Forest of Chemnitz (Sakmarian-Artinskian transition, Germany) is described as Ascen-donanus nestleri gen. et sp. nov., based on five articulated skeletons with integumentary preservation. The slender... more
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      TaphonomyPhylogenyPermianVolcanic ash
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      OsteologyMorphologyCarboniferousKansas