Impacts of the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution and KPg Extinction on Mammal Diversification

By Robert W. Meredith, J. Janecka, J. Gatesy, Oliver Ryder, C. Fisher, E. Teeling, Alisha M. Goodbla, E. Eizirik, Taiz L. L. Simão, Tanja Stadler and 12 more. Science, 2011

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