The evolution of artiodactyls / edited by Donald R. Prothero and Scott E. Foss.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Prothero, Donald R.

Foss, Scott E, 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Artiodactyla, Fossil--Evolution.

Artiodactyla, Fossil.

Phylogeny.

Evolution.

Physical Description:

xii, 367 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.

Contents:

Molecular phylogeny of terrestrial artiodactyls : conflicts and resolution / Jonathan D. Marcot

Phylogenetic relationships of cetaceans to terrestrial artiodactyls / Jonathan H. Geisler ... [et al.]

The earliest artiodactyls : Diacodexidae, Dichobunidae, Homacodontidae, Leptochoeridae, and Raoellidae / Jessica M. Theodor, Jörg Erfurt and Grégoire Métais

Endemic European artiodactyls : Cebochoeridae, Choeropotamidae, Mixtotheriidae, Cainotheriidae, Anoplotheriidae, Xiphodontidae and Amphimerycidae / Jörg Erfurt and Grégoire Métais

Family Helohyidae / Scott E. Foss

Family Anthracotheriidae / Fabrice Lihoreau and Stéphane Ducrocq

Family Hippopotamidae / Jean-Renaud Boisserie

Family Entelodontidae / Scott E. Foss

Superfamily Suoidea / John M. Harris and Liu Li-Ping

Family Agriochoeridae / Joshua A. Ludtke

Family Merycoidodontidae / Margaret Skeels Stevens and James Bowie Stevens

Family Protoceratidae / Donald R. Prothero and Joshua A. Ludtke

Family Camelidae / James G. Honey

Basal ruminants / Grégoire Métais and Inessa Vislobokova

Family Tragulidae / Gertrude E. Rössner

Family Moschidae / Donald R. Prothero

Family Antilocapridae / Edward Byrd Davis

Family Palaeomerycidae / Donald R. Prothero and Matthew R. Liter

Family Cervidae / Colin P. Groves

Family Giraffidae / Nikos Solounias

Family Bovidae / Nikos Solounias

Artiodactyl paleoecology and evolutionary trends / Christine M. Janis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-361) and index.

ISBN:

9780801887352

0801887356

OCLC:

85822634

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