Mammalian evolutionary morphology : a tribute to Frederick S. Szalay / edited by Eric J. Sargis and Marian Dagosto.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sargis, Eric J.

Dagosto, Marian

Louis A. Duhring Fund.

Series:

Vertebrate paleobiology and paleoanthropology

Vertebrate paleobiology and paleoanthropology series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Szalay, Frederick S.

Mammals--Evolution.

Mammals.

Mammals--Morphology.

Primates--Evolution.

Primates.

Primates--Morphology.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 439 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm.

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht, The Netherlands : Springer, 2008.

Contents:

Earliest evidence of Deltatheroida (Mammalia: Metatheria) from the early Cretaceous of North America / Brian M. Davis, Richard L. Cifelli and Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska

Evolution of hind limb proportions in kangaroos (Marsupialia: Macropodoidea) / Benjamin P. Kear ... [et al.]

Changing views in paleontology : the story of a giant (Megatherium, Xenarthra) / Christine Argot

Evolutionary morphology of the Tenrecoidea (Mammalia) forelimb skeleton / Justine A. Salton and Eric J. Sargis

Postcranial morphology of Apheliscus and Haplomylus (Condylarthra, Apheliscidae) : evidence for a Paleocene Holarctic origin of Macroscelidea / Tonya A. Penkrot ... [et al.]

Postcranial skeleton of the Upper Paleocene (Itaboraian) "Condylarthra" (Mammalia) of the Itaboraí Basin, Brazil / Lilian P. Berqvist

Postcranial osteology of mammals from Salla, Bolivia (late Oligocene) : form, function, and phylogenetic implications / Bruce J. Shockey and Frederico Anaya

Evolution of the proximal third phalanx in Oligocene-Miocene equids, and the utility of phalangeal indices in phylogeny reconstruction / Jay A. O'Sullivan

Adaptive zones and the pinniped ankle : a three-dimensional quantitative analysis of carnivoran tarsal evolution / P. David Polly

The biogeographic origins of Primates and Euprimates : east, west, north, or south of Eden? / Mary T. Silcox

Evaluating the mitten-gliding hypothesis for Paromomyidae and Micromomyidae (Mammalia, "Plesiadapiformes") using comparative functional morphology of new Paleogene skeletons / Douglas M. Boyer and Jonathan I. Bloch

Morphological diversity in the skulls of large adapines (Primates, Adapiformes) and its systematic implications / Marc Godinot and Sébastien Couette

Primate tibiae from the middle Eocene Shanghuang fissure-fillings of eastern China / Marian Dagosto ... [et al.]

Rooneyia, postorbital closure, and the beginnings of the age of Anthropoidea / Alfred L. Rosenberger, Russell Hogg and Sai Man Wong

Epitensoric position of the chorda tympani in Anthropoidea : a new synapomorphic character, with remarks on the fissura Glaseri in Primates / Wolfgang Maier

Evolutionary morphology of the guenon postcranium and its taxonomic implications / Eric J. Sargis, Carl J. Terranova and Daniel L. Gebo

Analysis of selected hominoid joint surfaces using laser scanning and geometric morphometrics : a preliminary report / William E.H. Harcourt-Smith ... [et al.]

Comparative primate bone microstructure: records of life history, function, and phylogeny / Johanna Warshaw.

Notes:

"A tribute to Frederick S. Szalay."

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Louis A. Duhring Fund.

ISBN:

9781402069963

1402069960

OCLC:

191811376