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North to south or south to north: what was the dispersal direction of two Mesozoic mammal groups?

Numerous mammalian biogeographers since the late 19th Century have envisioned that major mammalian groups originated in the Northern Hemisphere and subsequently dispersed to the Southern Hemisphere. A small number of Mesozoic mammalian fossils reported from the Southern Hemispher...

Conserving Australian lizards and snakes: an update on progress since 2017

The Action Plan for Australian Lizards and Snakes 2017 summarised results from the first comprehensive assessment of the Australian squamate fauna by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), updating a more precursory assessment in 1993. This review outlines the...

A Pterostoma from the Eocene, Anglesea, Victoria, Australia

This palaeobotanical note describes a specimen of Pterostoma that was recovered from Eocene coal measures within the open cast Anglesea coal mine, Victoria, Australia. The specimen is significant as it clearly shows venation.