Afrotheria: the African-rooted clade of placental mammals Afrotheria Afrotheria is a clade of placental mammals with African origins, united by molecular evidence. It includes elephants, manatees, hyraxes, aardvarks, elephant shrews, tenrecs and gol…
Agilodocodon: a small, likely arboreal docodont from the Middle Jurassic Agilodocodon Agilodocodon scansorius is a shrew-sized mammaliaform from the Middle Jurassic, proposed as an early tree-climber. Its anatomy, diet and arboreal interpretation remain subjects of…
Archaeoceti — early whales and the transition from land to sea Archaeoceti Archaeoceti are early, primitive cetaceans from the Eocene–Oligocene that document the transition from terrestrial mammals to fully aquatic whales and gave rise to modern mysticete…
