Mammalian Evolutionary Morphology A Tribute to Frederick S. Szalay /

This volume acknowledges and celebrates the contributions of Dr. Frederick S. Szalay to the field of Mammalian Evolutionary Morphology. Professor Szalay has published about 200 articles, four monographs, and six books on this subject. Throughout his career Professor Szalay has been a strong advocate...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Sargis, Eric J. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Dagosto, Marian. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edition:1st ed. 2008.
Series:Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology,
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6997-0
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Table of Contents:
  • Non-primate Mammals
  • Earliest Evidence of Deltatheroida (Mammalia: Metatheria) from the Early Cretaceous of North America
  • Evolution of Hind Limb Proportions in Kangaroos (Marsupialia: Macropodoidea)
  • Changing Views in Paleontology: The Story of a Giant (Megatherium, Xenarthra)
  • Evolutionary Morphology of the Tenrecoidea (Mammalia) Forelimb Skeleton
  • Postcranial Morphology of Apheliscus and Haplomylus (Condylarthra, Apheliscidae): Evidence for a Paleocene Holarctic Origin of Macroscelidea
  • Postcranial Skeleton of the Upper Paleocene (Itaboraian) “Condylarthra” (Mammalia) of Itaboraí Basin, Brazil
  • Postcranial Osteology of Mammals from Salla, Bolivia (Late Oligocene): Form, Function, and Phylogenetic Implications
  • Evolution of the Proximal Third Phalanx in Oligocene-Miocene Equids, and the Utility of Phalangeal Indices in Phylogeny Reconstruction
  • Adaptive Zones and the Pinniped Ankle: A Three-Dimensional Quantitative Analysis of Carnivoran Tarsal Evolution
  • Primates
  • The Biogeographic Origins of Primates and Euprimates: East, West, North, or South of Eden?
  • Evaluating the Mitten-Gliding Hypothesis for Paromomyidae and Micromomyidae (Mammalia, “Plesiadapiformes”) Using Comparative Functional Morphology of New Paleogene Skeletons
  • Morphological Diversity in the Skulls of Large Adapines (Primates, Adapiformes) and Its Systematic Implications
  • Primate Tibiae from the Middle Eocene Shanghuang Fissure-Fillings of Eastern China
  • Rooneyia, Postorbital Closure, and the Beginnings of the Age of Anthropoidea
  • Epitensoric Position of the Chorda Tympani in Anthropoidea: a New Synapomorphic Character, with Remarks on the Fissura Glaseri in Primates
  • Evolutionary Morphology of the Guenon Postcranium and Its Taxonomic Implications
  • Analysis of Selected Hominoid Joint Surfaces Using Laser Scanning and Geometric Morphometrics: A Preliminary Report
  • Comparative Primate Bone Microstructure: Records of Life History, Function, and Phylogeny. .