EVOLUTIONARY ASSEMBLY OF CROWN REPTILE ANATOMY CLARIFIED BY LATE PALEOZOIC RELATIVES OF NEODIAPSIDA
Xavier A. Jenkins, Roger Benson, David P. Ford, Claire Browning, Vincent Fernández, Kathleen Dollman, Timothy Gomes, Elizabeth Griffiths, Jonah N. Choiniere, Brandon R. Peecook
Synchrotron microtomography and a 167-taxon phylogenetic matrix place Millerettidae as sister to Neodiapsida (forming Parapleurota), dismantling Parareptilia and Eureptilia while dating tympanic hearing to the middle Permian.
Peer Community Journal · Aug 28, 2025Peer-reviewedPaleontology✦ In-depth digest