Transitions in the evolution of synapsid tails
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Oxford
Department Name: MathsPhysical&LifeSci (MPLS) - DTC
Abstract
Mammals are unique among land vertebrates in a number of respects, from their locomotory posture to their ecomorphological diversity. The evolutionary assembly of unique traits began following the evolution of the amniotes, which occurred in the upper Carboniferous. One lineage of the amniotes, referred to as Synapsida, is today defined as Mammalia plus its stem-lineage, and originates by 305 Ma, when their earliest fossils occur (potentially earlier at 315 Ma, but this is conditional on the validity of Protoclepsydrops as a definitive member of Synapsida).
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
Roger Benson (Primary Supervisor) | |
Spencer Pevsner (Student) |
Studentship Projects
Project Reference | Relationship | Related To | Start | End | Student Name |
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NE/S007474/1 | 30/09/2019 | 29/09/2027 | |||
2696825 | Studentship | NE/S007474/1 | 30/09/2022 | 29/09/2026 | Spencer Pevsner |