Amniote paleobiology perspectives on the evolution of mammals, birds, and reptiles
Introduction -- New fossils and phylogenies -- The mandible of Whatcheeria deltae, an early tetrapod from the late mississippian of Iowa -- Theropod dinosaurs from the early Jurassic of Huizachal Canyon, Mexico -- Herpetoskylax hopsoni, a new biarmosuchian (Therapsida: Biarmosuchia) from the Beaufor...
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Chicago, Ill. u.a.
Univ. of Chicago Press
2006
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Zusammenfassung: | Introduction -- New fossils and phylogenies -- The mandible of Whatcheeria deltae, an early tetrapod from the late mississippian of Iowa -- Theropod dinosaurs from the early Jurassic of Huizachal Canyon, Mexico -- Herpetoskylax hopsoni, a new biarmosuchian (Therapsida: Biarmosuchia) from the Beaufort Group of South Africa -- The postcranial skeleton of Kayentatherium wellesi from the Lower Jurassic Kayenta Formation of Arizona and the phylogenetic significance of postcranial features in tritylodontid cynodonts -- The phylogeny of living and extinct armadillos (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata): a craniodental analysis -- Large-scale evolutionary patterns -- The origins of high browsing and the effects of phylogeny and scaling on neck length in Sauropodomorphs -- Body-size evolution in the Dinosauria -- Major changes in the ear region and basicranium of early mammals - -- Functional morphology -- Shoulder girdle and forelimb in multituberculates: evolution of parasagittal forelimb posture in mammals -- Tooth orientation during occlusion and the functional significance of condylar translation in primates and herbivores -- Ontogeny and evolution -- Neoteny and the plesiomorphic condition of the plesiosaur basicranium -- Scaling of the hind limb skeleton in cynognathian cynodonts: implications for ontogeny and the evolution of mammalian endothermy -- Cranial variability, ontogeny, and taxonomy of Lystrosaurus from the Karoo Basin of South Africa -- Reflections on James Allen Hopson -- James Allen Hopson: a biography |
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Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 517-527) and index |
Beschreibung: | VI, 547 S Ill., graph. Darst 24 cm |
ISBN: | 0226094774 0-226-09477-4 0226094782 0-226-09478-2 |