https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:44244 Tue 11 Oct 2022 12:00:39 AEDT ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:27419 1 m, suggesting that deep nesting in V. panoptes may be an evolutionary response to egg desiccation during the long (approximately 8 months) dry season incubation period. Alternatively, lizards may avoid shallower nesting because even slight daily temperature fluctuations are detrimental to developing embryos; our data show that this species may have the most stable incubation environment of any reptile and possibly any ectotherm. Soil-filled burrows do not support the hypothesis generated for Daimonelix that the helix would provide more consistent temperature and humidity as a result of limited air circulation in dry palaeoclimates. We suggest that Daimonelix were used mainly for nesting or rearing young, because helical burrows of extant vertebrates are generally associated with a nest. The extraordinary nesting in this lizard reflects a system in which adaptive hypotheses for the function of fossil helical burrows can be readily tested.]]> Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:35:23 AEDT ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:30533 2 = 0.45) as well as the shape of the cranium (cranial robustness vs. minimum prey size: R² = 0.19) and mandible (mandible robustness vs. minimum prey size: R² = 0.27). Considering the prey capture method (suction feeding vs. raptorial feeding) is therefore important for elucidating relationships that exist between form and function. These findings suggest that cranial morphology is intimately linked to prey size niche in toothed whales within specific functional contexts.]]> Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:25:06 AEDT ]]>