On the origins of endothermy in amniotes

Summary: A recent study showed evidence that endothermy was ancestral for amniotes using a variety of proxies and a large sample of taxa. However, it did not include numerous crucial taxa. We reevaluated this hypothesis using a large sample of early amniotes and tetrapodomorphs. We inferred the prob...

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Main Authors: Mathieu G. Faure-Brac, Holly N. Woodward, Paul Aubier, Jorge Cubo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-04-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004224005960