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Mammals from the Age of Dinosaurs - Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska, Richard L. Cifelli, Zhe-Xi Luo

Mammals from the Age of Dinosaurs

Origins, Evolution, and Structure
Buch | Hardcover
700 Seiten
2004
Columbia University Press (Verlag)
978-0-231-11918-4 (ISBN)
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The record of early mammals occupies center stage for testing molecular evolutionary hypotheses on the timing and sequence of mammalian radiations. This book covers various aspects of the anatomy, paleobiology, and systematics of early mammalian groups, in addition to the extant mammalian lineages extending back into the Mesozoic.
The fossil record on Mesozoic mammals has expanded by orders of magnitude over the past quarter century. New specimens, some of them breathtakingly complete, have been found in nearly all parts of the globe at a rapid pace. Coupled with the application of new scientific approaches and techniques, these exciting discoveries have led to profound changes in our interpretation of early mammal history. Mesozoic mammals have come into their own as a rich source of information for evolutionary biology. Their record of episodic, successive radiations speaks to the pace and mode of evolution. Early mammals were small, but they provide key information on the morphological transformations that led to modern mammals, including our own lineage of Placentalia. Significant and fast-evolving elements of the terrestrial biota for much of the Mesozoic, early mammals have played an increasingly important role in studies of paleoecology, faunal turnover, and historical biogeography. The record of early mammals occupies center stage for testing molecular evolutionary hypotheses on the timing and sequence of mammalian radiations.
Organized according to phylogeny, this book covers all aspects of the anatomy, paleobiology, and systematics of all early mammalian groups, in addition to the extant mammalian lineages extending back into the Mesozoic.

Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska is professor emeritus at the Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw and the University of Oslo. She was the leader of the Polish-Mongolian expedition to the Gobi Desert (1963-1971) that discovered spectacular dinosaurs and mammals. She has devoted most of her scientific life to the studies of the Mesozoic mammals. Richard L. Cifelli is curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and professor of zoology at the University of Oklahoma. He has led extensive field explorations of fossil vertebrates in the Mesozoic and Cenozoic of North and South Americas and studied the biogeographical and faunal evolution of early mammals. Zhe-Xi Luo is curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh. He has actively explored fossil mammals and dinosaurs in China and in the United States and studied evolutionary morphology and phylogenetic relationships of early mammals and fossil whales.

FOREWORD, by J. A. Lillegraven and W. A. Clemens PROLOGUE 1. Introduction 2. Distribution: Mesozoic Mammals in Space and Time 3. Origin of Mammals 4. The Earliest-Known Stem Mammals 5. Docodontans 6. Australosphenida and Shotherium 7. Eutriconodontans 8. Allotherians 9. "Symmetrodontans" (Stem Trechnotherians) 10. "Eupantotherians" (Stem Cladotherians) 11. "Tribotherians" (Stem Boreosphenidans) 12. Metatherians 13. Eutherians 14. Gondwanatherians 15. Interrelationships of Mesozoic Mammals

Erscheint lt. Verlag 24.11.2004
Zusatzinfo 239 illus.
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 216 x 279 mm
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Archäologie
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Allgemeines / Lexika
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Zoologie
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Mineralogie / Paläontologie
ISBN-10 0-231-11918-6 / 0231119186
ISBN-13 978-0-231-11918-4 / 9780231119184
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