Brazilian cynodont fossils have shed light on early mammalian evolution, revealing earlier and independent development of key features like the jaw and middle ear. The discovery of new cynodont ...

Newly discovered fossils, belonging to the mammal-precursor species Brasilodon quadrangularis and Riograndia guaibensis, ...

The discovery of new cynodont fossils from southern Brazil by a team of palaeontologists has led to a significant breakthrough in understanding the evolution of mammals.

Riograndia and BrasilodonJorge Blanco The discovery of new cynodont fossils from southern Brazil by a team of ...

Ancient fossils expose the chaotic, daring path of mammal evolution—jaw and ear changes began earlier and wilder than we ...

The researchers uncovered a ‘mammalian-style’ contact between the skull and the lower jaw in Riograndia guaibensis, a cynodont species that lived 17 million years before the previously oldest known ...

Fossils from Brazil reveal early experiments in mammalian jaw and ear evolution, reshaping our understanding of mammal ...

Professor Marina Soares of the Museu Nacional, Brazil, stated: “Nowhere else in the world has such a diverse array of cynodont forms, closely related to the earliest mammals.” By integrating these ...

Scientists say new studies of fossilized jaw bones show that mammals began to evolve millions of years earlier than was ...