Origins of the Higher Groups of Tetrapods : : Controversy and Consensus /

Origins of the Higher Groups of Tetrapods : : Controversy and Consensus / / ed. by Hans-Peter Schultze, Linda Trueb.

This edited volume explores the various views on the origins of tetrapods—amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals—views that agree or differ depending in part on how certain fossil animals are classified and which methodology is used for classification. Eighteen chapters by an international group o...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
MitwirkendeR:
A.Hopson, James,
Cloutier, Richard,
D.Martin, Larry,
Desui, Miao,
G.Gardiner, B.,
H.Ostrom, John,
Hatton, Nicholas,
J.Benton, Michael,
L. Panchen, A.,
L.Carroll, Robert,
L.Forey, P.,
M.Witmer, Lawrence,
Mee-Mann, Chang,
Patterson, C.,
Philip J.Currie,,
R.Bolt, John,
Schultze, Hans-Peter,
Tarsitano, Samuel,
Trueb, Linda,
Vorobyeva, Emilia,
HerausgeberIn:
Schultze, Hans-Peter,
Trueb, Linda,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
©1992
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (576 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Contributors
  • Section I. TETRAPODS
  • 1. “Rhipidistians,” Dipnoans, and Tetrapods
  • 2. A Comparison of Controversial Hypotheses on the Origin of Tetrapods
  • 3. Description and Systematics of Panderichthyid Fishes with Comments on Their Relationship to Tetrapods
  • 4. The Early Tetrapods: Classification and the Shapes of Cladograms
  • 5. The Lungfish, the Coelacanth, and the Cow Revisited
  • Section II. AMPHIBIANS
  • 6. Toward an Understanding of the Amphibians: Two Centuries of Systematic History
  • 7. Lissamphibian Origins
  • 8. A Phylogenetic Investigation of the Inter- and Intrarelationships of the Lissamphibia (Amphibia: Temnospondyli)
  • Section III. REPTILES
  • 9. Amniote Phylogeny
  • 10. The Origin of Reptiles
  • 11. The Early Radiation of Diapsid Reptiles
  • Section IV. BIRDS
  • 12. Perspectives on Avian Origins
  • 13. The Question of the Origin of Birds
  • 14. Mesozoic Birds and the Origin of Birds
  • 15 Archaeopteryx: Quo Vadis?
  • Section V. MAMMALS
  • 16. On the Origins of Mammals
  • 17. The Nature and Diversity of Synapsids: Prologue to the Origin of Mammals
  • 18. Systematics of the Nonmammalian Synapsida and Implications for Patterns of Evolution in Synapsids
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index

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