Mammalian Evolutionary Morphology A Tribute to Frederick S. Szalay /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Sargis, Eric J. (Editor ), Dagosto, Marian. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edición:1st ed. 2008.
Colección:Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology,
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Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6997-0
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Non-primate Mammals
  • Earliest Evidence of Deltatheroida (Mammalia: Metatheria) from the Early Cretaceous of North America
  • Evolution of Hind Limb Proportions in Kangaroos (Marsupialia: Macropodoidea)
  • Changing Views in Paleontology: The Story of a Giant (Megatherium, Xenarthra)
  • Evolutionary Morphology of the Tenrecoidea (Mammalia) Forelimb Skeleton
  • Postcranial Morphology of Apheliscus and Haplomylus (Condylarthra, Apheliscidae): Evidence for a Paleocene Holarctic Origin of Macroscelidea
  • Postcranial Skeleton of the Upper Paleocene (Itaboraian) “Condylarthra” (Mammalia) of Itaboraí Basin, Brazil
  • Postcranial Osteology of Mammals from Salla, Bolivia (Late Oligocene): Form, Function, and Phylogenetic Implications
  • Evolution of the Proximal Third Phalanx in Oligocene-Miocene Equids, and the Utility of Phalangeal Indices in Phylogeny Reconstruction
  • Adaptive Zones and the Pinniped Ankle: A Three-Dimensional Quantitative Analysis of Carnivoran Tarsal Evolution
  • Primates
  • The Biogeographic Origins of Primates and Euprimates: East, West, North, or South of Eden?
  • Evaluating the Mitten-Gliding Hypothesis for Paromomyidae and Micromomyidae (Mammalia, “Plesiadapiformes”) Using Comparative Functional Morphology of New Paleogene Skeletons
  • Morphological Diversity in the Skulls of Large Adapines (Primates, Adapiformes) and Its Systematic Implications
  • Primate Tibiae from the Middle Eocene Shanghuang Fissure-Fillings of Eastern China
  • Rooneyia, Postorbital Closure, and the Beginnings of the Age of Anthropoidea
  • Epitensoric Position of the Chorda Tympani in Anthropoidea: a New Synapomorphic Character, with Remarks on the Fissura Glaseri in Primates
  • Evolutionary Morphology of the Guenon Postcranium and Its Taxonomic Implications
  • Analysis of Selected Hominoid Joint Surfaces Using Laser Scanning and Geometric Morphometrics: A Preliminary Report
  • Comparative Primate Bone Microstructure: Records of Life History, Function, and Phylogeny. .