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Xavier A. Jenkins

Idaho State UniversityORCID 0000-0002-2667-3014Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:Bayesian inference· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Organism:multiple species· 1 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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PaleontologyPeer Community JournalPeer-reviewedAug 28, 2025

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EVOLUTIONARY ASSEMBLY OF CROWN REPTILE ANATOMY CLARIFIED BY LATE PALEOZOIC RELATIVES OF NEODIAPSIDA

Xavier A. Jenkins, Roger Benson, David P. Ford…·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.

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