When xenarthrans had enamel: insights on the evolution of their hypsodonty and paleontological support for independent evolution in armadillos

Diversity of hypsodont teeth in mammalian dentitions – construction and classification

(2016) Wighart von Koenigswald   PALAEONTOGRAPHICA ABTEILUNG A-PALAOZOOLOGIE-STRATIGRAPHIE

The Role of Dust, Grit and Phytoliths in Tooth Wear

(2014) Peter W. Lucas et al.   ANNALES ZOOLOGICI FENNICI

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(2013) Cyril Charles et al.   EVOLUTION

Paleogene Land Mammal Faunas of South America; a Response to Global Climatic Changes and Indigenous Floral Diversity

(2013) Michael O. Woodburne et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALIAN EVOLUTION

Less Is More in Mammalian Phylogenomics: AT-Rich Genes Minimize Tree Conflicts and Unravel the Root of Placental Mammals

(2013) Jonathan Romiguier et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The Placental Mammal Ancestor and the Post-K-Pg Radiation of Placentals

(2013) M. A. O'Leary et al.   SCIENCE

Decoupling the spread of grasslands from the evolution of grazer-type herbivores in South America

(2013) Caroline A.E. Strömberg et al.   Nature Communications

A new chronology for middle Eocene-early Miocene South American Land Mammal Ages

(2012) R. E. Dunn et al.   GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN

New Palaeogene cingulates (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from Santa Rosa, Perú and their importance in the context of South American faunas

(2012) Martín Ricardo Ciancio et al.   JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY

Fossil pollen records reveal a late rise of open-habitat ecosystems in Patagonia

(2012) Luis Palazzesi et al.   Nature Communications

On the relationship between hypsodonty and feeding ecology in ungulate mammals, and its utility in palaeoecology

(2011) John Damuth et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

An Approach to the Biomechanics of the Masticatory Apparatus of Early Miocene (Santacrucian Age) South American Ungulates (Astrapotheria, Litopterna, and Notoungulata): Moment Arm Estimation Based on 3D Landmarks

(2011) Guillermo H. Cassini et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALIAN EVOLUTION

Evolutionary Implications of Dental Eruption in Dasypus (Xenarthra)

(2011) Martin R. Ciancio et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALIAN EVOLUTION

Microstructure of dental hard tissues in fossil and recent xenarthrans (Mammalia: Folivora and Cingulata)

(2011) Daniela C. Kalthoff   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Molecular phylogenetics unveils the ancient evolutionary origins of the enigmatic fairy armadillos

(2011) Frédéric Delsuc et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Oldest cingulate skulls provide congruence between morphological and molecular scenarios of armadillo evolution

(2011) G. Billet et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Homoplasy: From Detecting Pattern to Determining Process and Mechanism of Evolution

(2011) D. B. Wake et al.   SCIENCE

Impacts of the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution and KPg Extinction on Mammal Diversification

(2011) R. W. Meredith et al.   SCIENCE

The new framework for understanding placental mammal evolution

(2009) Robert J. Asher et al.   BIOESSAYS

The Eutherian Mammal Maelestes gobiensis from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia and the phylogeny of cretaceous eutheria

(2009) John R. Wible et al.   BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

Loss of teeth and enamel in tetrapods: fossil record, genetic data and morphological adaptations

(2009) Tiphaine Davit-Béal et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Dental microwear analysis of notoungulates (Mammalia) from Salla (Late Oligocene, Bolivia) and discussion on their precocious hypsodonty

(2009) Guillaume Billet et al.   PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

The teeth of the “toothless”: novelties and key innovations in the evolution of xenarthrans (Mammalia, Xenarthra)

(2009) Sergio F. Vizcaíno   PALEOBIOLOGY

Dental microwear in the orthodentine of the Xenarthra (Mammalia) and its use in reconstructing the palaeodiet of extinct taxa: the case study ofNothrotheriops shastensis(Xenarthra, Tardigrada, Nothrotheriidae)

(2009) JEREMY L. GREEN   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Molecular Tooth Decay

(2009) Rob DeSalle   PLoS Genetics

Molecular Decay of the Tooth Gene Enamelin (ENAM) Mirrors the Loss of Enamel in the Fossil Record of Placental Mammals

(2009) Robert W. Meredith et al.   PLoS Genetics

Reversing opinions on Dollo’s Law

(2008) Rachel Collin et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION