Evolution of the Vertebrate Ear : Evidence from the Fossil Record /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Clack, Jennifer A. (Editor), Fay, Richard R. (Editor), Popper, Arthur N. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, 59
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Vertebrate Diversity in a Sensory System: The Fossil Record of Otic Evolution
  • Actinopterygians: The Ray-Finned Fishes-an Explosion of Diversity
  • Sarcopterygians: From Lobe-Finned Fishes to the Tetrapod Stem Group
  • Early Tetrapods: Experimenting with Form and Function
  • Nonmammalian Synapsids: The Beginning of the Mammal Line
  • Evolution of the Middle and Inner Ears of Mammaliaforms: The Approach to Mammals
  • Evolution of the Ear of Mammals: From Monotremes to Humans
  • Basal Reptilians, Marine Diapsids, and Turtles: The Flowering of Reptile Diversity
  • The Lepidosaurian Ear: Variations on a Theme
  • Archosaurs and their Kin: The Ruling Reptiles
  • Amphibia: A Case of Diversity and Convergence in the Auditory Region.