Early evolutionary history of the Synapsida
- Responsibility
- edited by Christian F. Kammerer, Division of Paleontology and Richard Gilder Graduate School, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USA, and Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz-Institute für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany ; Kenneth D. Angielczyk, Department of Geology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA ; Jörg Fröbisch, Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz-Institute für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
- Publication
- Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, [2014]
- Physical description
- xi, 337 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
- Series
- Vertebrate paleobiology and paleoanthropology.
Access
Available online
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| Call number | Status |
|---|---|
| QE861 .E27 2014 |
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Creators/Contributors
- Contributor
- Kammerer, Christian F., editor of compilation.
- Angielczyk, Kenneth David, editor of compilation.
- Fröbisch, Jörg, editor of compilation.
- Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. Meeting (69th : 2009 : Bristol, England)
Contents/Summary
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Contents
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- Part I. "Pelycosaur"-grade Synapsids 1. Introduction Robert R. Reisz 2. New Information on the Basal Pelycosaurian-grade Synapsid Oedaleops Stuart S. Sumida, Valerie Pelletier, and David S Berman 3. Was Ophiacodon (Synapsida: Eupelycosauria) a Swimmer? A Test Using Vertebral Dimensions Ryan N. Felice and Kenneth D. Angielczyk 4. Postcranial Description and Reconstruction of the Varanodontine Varanopid Aerosaurus wellesi (Synapsida: Eupelycosauria) Valerie Pelletier 5. First European Record of a Varanodontine (Synapsida: Varanopidae): Member of a Unique Early Permian Upland Paleoecosystem, Tambach Basin, Central Germany David S Berman, Amy C. Henrici, Stuart S. Sumida, Thomas Martens, and Valerie Pelletier Part II. Anomodontia 6. Introduction Jorg Frobisch 7. Permian and Triassic Dicynodont (Therapsida: Anomodontia) Faunas of the Luangwa Basin, Zambia: Update and Implications for Dicynodont Biogeography and Biostratigraphy Kenneth D. Angielczyk, Jean-Sebastien Steyer, Christian A. Sidor, Roger M. H. Smith, Robin L. Whatley, and Stephen Tolan 8. Anatomical Plasticity in the Snout of Lystrosaurus Sandra C. Jasinoski, Michael A. Cluver, Anusuya Chinsamy, and B. Daya Reddy 9. Pathological Features in Upper Permian and Middle Triassic Dicynodonts (Synapsida, Therapsida) Cristina Silveira Vega and Michael W. Maisch Part III. Theriodontia 10. Introduction Christian F. Kammerer 11. A Redescription of Eriphostoma microdon Broom, 1911 (Therapsida, Gorgonopsia) from the Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone of South Africa and a Review of Middle Permian Gorgonopsians Christian F. Kammerer 12. Re-assessment of the Taxonomic Position of the Specimen GPIT/RE/7113 (Sauroctonus parringtoni comb. nov., Gorgonopsia) Eva V. I. Gebauer 13. New Material of Microgomphodon oligocynus (Eutherapsida, Therocephalia) and the Taxonomy of Southern African Bauriidae Fernando Abdala, Tea Jashashvili, Bruce S. Rubidge, and Juri van den Heever 14. The Traversodontid Cynodont Mandagomphodon hirschsoni from the Middle Triassic of the Ruhuhu Valley, Tanzania James A. Hopson 15. Phylogeny and Taxonomy of the Traversodontidae Jun Liu and Fernando Abdala Part IV. Therapsid Diversity Patterns and the End-Permian Extinction 16. Introduction Kenneth D. Angielczyk 17. Vertebrate Paleontology of Nooitgedacht 68: A Lystrosaurus maccaigi-rich Permo-Triassic Boundary Locality in South Africa Jennifer Botha-Brink, Adam K. Huttenlocker, and Sean P. Modesto 18. Frobisch, J. Synapsid Diversity and the Rock Record in the Permian-Triassic Beaufort Group (Karoo Supergroup), South Africa Jorg Frobisch Subject Index Taxonomic Index.
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- Publisher's Summary
- 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.
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Bibliographic information
- Publication date
- 2014
- Series
- Vertebrate paleobiology and paleoanthropology series, 1877-9077
- Note
- Outgrowth of a symposium, "New Perspectives on the Early Evolutionary History of the Synapsida," held at the 69th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology in Bristol, England. (Preface)
- ISBN
- 9400768400
- 9789400768406
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