Rooting about reptile relationships

A group of early terrestrial vertebrates called varanopids, long regarded as mammal-line amniotes, is placed wholesale with reptiles in a new analysis of early amniote relationships. Meanwhile, a new species of varanopid from Canada provides the oldest evidence for extended parental care in terrestr...

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Published inNature ecology & evolution Vol. 4; no. 1; pp. 10 - 11
Main Author Modesto, Sean P.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.01.2020
Nature Publishing Group
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Animals
Biological and Physical Anthropology
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Ecology
Evolutionary Biology
Life Sciences
New species
News & Views
news-and-views
Paleontology
Phylogeny
Reptiles
Rooting
Vertebrates
Zoology
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Summary:A group of early terrestrial vertebrates called varanopids, long regarded as mammal-line amniotes, is placed wholesale with reptiles in a new analysis of early amniote relationships. Meanwhile, a new species of varanopid from Canada provides the oldest evidence for extended parental care in terrestrial vertebrates.
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ISSN:2397-334X
2397-334X
DOI:10.1038/s41559-019-1074-0