2014,
337 Seiten, Gebunden, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 215 mm x 285 mm, Gewicht: 11425 g
Reihe: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology
ISBN: 978-94-007-6840-6
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Kammerer / Fröbisch / Angielczyk Early Evolutionary History of the Synapsida
Non-mammalian synapsids were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates from the Late Carboniferous to the Middle Triassic and play a key role in understanding the origin and evolution of mammals. Despite these facts and the outstanding fossil record of the group, early synapsids remain obscure. This book showcases the full breadth of contemporary research on non-mammalian synapsids, ranging from taxonomy and phylogenetics to functional morphology, biogeography, paleoecology, and patterns of diversity. It also underscores the importance and potential of studying non-mammalian synapsid paleobiology in its own right, not just in the context of mammalian evolution.Zielgruppe
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Part I. "Pelycosaur"-grade Synapsids1. IntroductionRobert R. Reisz2. New Information on the Basal Pelycosaurian-grade Synapsid OedaleopsStuart S. Sumida, Valerie Pelletier, and David S Berman3. Was Ophiacodon (Synapsida: Eupelycosauria) a Swimmer? A Test Using Vertebral DimensionsRyan N. Felice and Kenneth D. Angielczyk4. Postcranial Description and Reconstruction of the Varanodontine Varanopid Aerosaurus wellesi (Synapsida: Eupelycosauria)Valerie Pelletier5. First European Record of a Varanodontine (Synapsida: Varanopidae): Member of a Unique Early Permian Upland Paleoecosystem, Tambach Basin, Central GermanyDavid S Berman, Amy C. Henrici, Stuart S. Sumida, Thomas Martens, and Valerie Pelletier Part II. Anomodontia6. IntroductionJörg Fröbisch7. Permian and Triassic Dicynodont (Therapsida: Anomodontia) Faunas of the Luangwa Basin, Zambia: Update and Implications for Dicynodont Biogeography and BiostratigraphyKenneth D. Angielczyk, Jean-Sébastien Steyer, Christian A. Sidor, Roger M. H. Smith, Robin L. Whatley, and Stephen Tolan8. Anatomical Plasticity in the Snout of LystrosaurusSandra C. Jasinoski, Michael A. Cluver, Anusuya Chinsamy, and B. Daya Reddy9. Pathological Features in Upper Permian and Middle Triassic Dicynodonts (Synapsida, Therapsida)Cristina Silveira Vega and Michael W. Maisch Part III. Theriodontia10. IntroductionChristian F. Kammerer11. A Redescription of Eriphostoma microdon Broom, 1911 (Therapsida, Gorgonopsia) from the Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone of South Africa and a Review of Middle Permian GorgonopsiansChristian F. Kammerer12. Re-assessment of the Taxonomic Position of the Specimen GPIT/RE/7113 (Sauroctonus parringtoni comb. nov., Gorgonopsia)Eva V. I. Gebauer13. New Material of Microgomphodon oligocynus (Eutherapsida, Therocephalia) and the Taxonomy of Southern African BauriidaeFernando Abdala, Tea Jashashvili, Bruce S. Rubidge, and Juri van den Heever14. The Traversodontid Cynodont Mandagomphodon hirschsoni from the Middle Triassic of the Ruhuhu Valley, TanzaniaJames A. Hopson15. Phylogeny and Taxonomy of the TraversodontidaeJun Liu and Fernando Abdala Part IV. Therapsid Diversity Patterns and the End-Permian Extinction16. IntroductionKenneth D. Angielczyk17. Vertebrate Paleontology of Nooitgedacht 68: A Lystrosaurus maccaigi-rich Permo-Triassic Boundary Locality in South AfricaJennifer Botha-Brink, Adam K. Huttenlocker, and Sean P. Modesto18. Fröbisch, J. Synapsid Diversity and the Rock Record in the Permian-Triassic Beaufort Group (Karoo Supergroup), South AfricaJörg FröbischSubject IndexTaxonomic Index