The evolution of maximum body size of terrestrial mammals

The extinction of dinosaurs at the Cretaceous/Paleogene (K/Pg) boundary was the seminal event that opened the door for the subsequent diversification of terrestrial mammals. Our compilation of maximum body size at the ordinal level by sub-epoch shows a near-exponential increase after the K/Pg. On ea...

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Published in:	Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 330; no. 6008; p. 1216
Main Authors:	Smith, Felisa A, Boyer, Alison G, Brown, James H, Costa, Daniel P, Dayan, Tamar, Ernest, S K Morgan, Evans, Alistair R, Fortelius, Mikael, Gittleman, John L, Hamilton, Marcus J, Harding, Larisa E, Lintulaakso, Kari, Lyons, S Kathleen, McCain, Christy, Okie, Jordan G, Saarinen, Juha J, Sibly, Richard M, Stephens, Patrick R, Theodor, Jessica, Uhen, Mark D
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 26.11.2010
Subjects:	Animals Atmosphere Biological Evolution Body Size Ecosystem Environment Extinction, Biological Fossils Geography Mammals - anatomy & histology Mammals - classification Mammals - growth & development Models, Biological Oxygen Phylogeny Temperature
ISSN:	1095-9203, 1095-9203
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