To put the mammals in perspective and in the correct position in the fossil record it is necessary briefly to describe some of their known ancestors and emphasise points of particular interest and relevance about their structure before describing in detail the evolution of mammalian characters.
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Kermack, D. M., & Kermack, K. A. (1984). The Ancestors of the Mammals. In The Evolution of Mammalian Characters (pp. 1–17). Springer US. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7817-4_1
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