Amniote Origins (eBook)

Completing the Transition to Land

Karen L.M Martin, Stuart Sumida (Herausgeber)

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1997 | 1. Auflage
510 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-052709-3 (ISBN)

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Amniote Origins integrates modern systematic methods with studies of functional and physiological processes, and illustrates how studies of paleobiology can be illuminated by studies of neonatology. For this reason, comparative anatomists and physiologists, functional morphologists, zoologists, and paleontologists will all find this unique volume very useful. Inspired by the prospect of integrating fields that have long been isolated from one another, Amniote Origins provides a thorough and interdisciplinary synthesis of one of the classic transitions of evolutionary history.

Key Features
* Integrates modern systematic methods with studies of functional and physiological processes
* Illustrates how studies of paleobiology can be illuminated by studies of neonatology
* Provides a thorough and interdisciplinary synthesis of one of the classic transitions of evolutionary history

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Amniote Origins integrates modern systematic methods with studies of functional and physiological processes, and illustrates how studies of paleobiology can be illuminated by studies of neonatology. For this reason, comparative anatomists and physiologists, functional morphologists, zoologists, and paleontologists will all find this unique volume very useful. Inspired by the prospect of integrating fields that have long been isolated from one another, Amniote Origins provides a thorough and interdisciplinary synthesis of one of the classic transitions of evolutionary history. - Integrates modern systematic methods with studies of functional and physiological processes- Illustrates how studies of paleobiology can be illuminated by studies of neonatology- Provides a thorough and interdisciplinary synthesis of one of the classic transitions of evolutionary history

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Amniote Origins: Completing the Transition to Land 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 6
Acknowledgements 8
Contributors 10
Chapter 1. An Integrated Approach to the Origin of Amniotes: Completing the Transiton to Land 12
Part 1: Phylogenetic Perspective 20
Chapter 2. A New Perspective on Tetrapod Phylogeny 20
Chapter 3. Crown-Clades, Key Characters and Taxonomic Stability:When is an Amniote not an Amniote? 72
Part 2: Biogeographic Perspective 96
Chapter 4. Biogeography of Primitive Amniotes 96
Chapter 5. The Late Paleozoic Atmosphere and the Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology of Tetrapods 152
Part 3: Feeding 180
Chapter 6. Origin of the Amniote Feeding Mechanism: Experimental Analysis of Outgroup Clades 180
Chapter 7. The Amniote Transition and the Discovery of Herbivory 218
Part 4: The Amniote Egg 276
Chapter 8. Evolution of the Amniote Egg 276
Chapter 9. Morphology and Evolution of the Egg of Oviparous Amniotes 302
Part 5: Morphological Changes 338
Chapter 10. The Role of the Skin in the Origin of Amniotes: Permeability Barrier, Protective Covering, and Mechanical Support 338
Chapter 11. Locomotor Features of Taxa Spanning the Origin of Amniotes 364
Part 6: Integrative Biology and the Origin of Amniotes 410
Chapter 12. Water Balance and the Physiology ofthe Amniote Transition 410
Chapter 13. Reconstructing Ancestral Trait Values Using Squared-Change Parsimony: Plasma Osmolarity at the Amniote Transition 436
Subject Index 514

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.1.1997
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Mineralogie / Paläontologie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• ISBN-10: 0-08-052709-4 / 0080527094
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-052709-3 / 9780080527093