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The beginning of the age of mammals / Kenneth D. Rose.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rose, Kenneth David, 1949-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Paleontology--Cenozoic.
- Paleontology.
- Mammals--History.
- Mammals.
- Mammals--Evolution.
- Life--Origin.
- Life.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 428 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
- Summary:
- "Achieves a balance between molecular work, on the one hand, and anatomical and paleontological work, on the other." -- Trends in Ecology and Evolution
- "Welcome bedside reading for all mammal systematicists and anyone interested in the evolution of mammals." -- Science
- Contents:
- The Early Cenozoic Mammalian Radiation 2
- Timing of the Crown-Therian Radiation 3
- Mammalian Phylogeny, Interrelationships, and Classification 5
- Geochronology and Biochronology of the Early Cenozoic 8
- Paleogeographic Setting During the Beginning of the Age of Mammals 17
- Paleocene-Eocene Climate and Flora 20
- Organization of the Volume 21
- 2 Mammalian Skeletal Structure and Adaptations 23
- Skull 24
- Dentition 26
- Postcranial Skeleton 30
- Skeletal Adaptations 34
- 3 The Origin of Mammals 41
- What is a Mammal? 41
- The Evolutionary Transition to Mammals 44
- 4 Synopsis of Mesozoic Mammal Evolution 48
- Historical Background 48
- The Oldest Mammals 50
- Docodonta 55
- Multituberculata 56
- Eutriconodonta 61
- Symmetrodonts 63
- Eupantotheres 64
- Tribosphenic Mammals 66
- Mesozoic Mammals of Uncertain Affinity 70
- 5 Metatheria: Marsupials and Their Relatives 72
- Basal Metatherians 74
- Primitive Marsupials 76
- 6 Earliest Eutherian Mammals 88
- 7 Cimolesta 94
- Didelphodonta and Other Primitive Cimolesta 94
- Didymoconidae 97
- Pantolesta 99
- Apatotheria 103
- Taeniodonta 105
- Tillodontia 110
- Pantodonta 114
- 8 Creodonta and Carnivora 119
- Creodonta 119
- Carnivora 126
- 9 Insectivora 138
- Leptictida 140
- Lipotyphla 143
- 10 Archonta: Bats, Dermopterans, Primates, and Tree Shrews 156
- Chiroptera 157
- Dermoptera 162
- Primates and Plesiadapiformes 166
- Scandentia 197
- 11 "Edentates:" Xenarthra and Pholidota 198
- Xenarthra 200
- Pholidota 204
- 12 Archaic Ungulates 211
- Oldest Ungulate Relatives 213
- Condylarthra: Archaic Ungulates 215
- Arctostylopida 225
- Meridiungulata: Endemic South American Ungulates 226
- Dinocerata 238
- 13 Altungulata: Perissodactyls, Hyraxes, and Tethytheres 241
- Perissodactyla 244
- Paenungulata 257
- 14 Cete and Artiodactyla 271
- Cete and Cetacea 271
- Artiodactyla 285
- 15 Anagalida: Rodents, Lagomorphs, and Their Relatives 306
- Primitive Asian Anagalidans and Possible Anagalidans 307
- Macroscelidea 310
- Glires 312
- 16 Reflections and Speculations on the Beginning of the Age of Mammals 335
- Early Cenozoic Mammal Record 336
- Synopsis of Paleocene and Eocene Mammals 340.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [349]-397) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0801884721
- 080188022X
- OCLC:
- 64594379
- Publisher Number:
- 9780801884726
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