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Primates and Their Relatives in Phylogenetic Perspective

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  • © 1993

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Editors:
  1. Ross D. E. MacPhee

    1. American Museum of Narutal History, New York, USA

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Part of the book series: Advances in Primatology (AIPR)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. The Importance of Methods: Archontan Phylogeny and Cladistic Analysis of Morphological Data

    • Nancy B. Simmons
    Pages 1-61

  3. Origin and Evolution of Gliding in Early Cenozoic Dermoptera (Mammalia, Primatomorpha)

    • K. Christopher Beard
    Pages 63-90

  4. The Implications of the Propatagial Muscles of Flying and Gliding Mammals for Archontan Systematics

    • J. G. M. Thewissen, S. K. Babcock
    Pages 91-109

  5. Ontogeny of the Tympanic Floor and Roof in Archontans

    • John R. Wible, James R. Martin
    Pages 111-148

  6. Developmental Evidence from the Fetal Membranes for Assessing Archontan Relationships

    • W. Patrick Luckett
    Pages 149-186

  7. Cranioskeletal Morphology of Archontans, and Diagnoses of Chiroptera, Volitantia, and Archonta

    • Frederick S. Szalay, Spencer G. Lucas
    Pages 187-226

  8. A Molecular Examination of Archontan and Chiropteran Monophyly

    • Ronald M. Adkins, Rodney L. Honeycutt
    Pages 227-249

  9. A Molecular View of Primate Supraordinal Relationships from the Analysis of Both Nucleotide and Amino Acid Sequences

    • Michael J. Stanhope, Wendy J. Bailey, John Czelusniak, Morris Goodman, Jing-Sheng Si, John Nickerson et al.
    Pages 251-292

  10. Phylogeny through Brain Traits: Interordinal Relationships among Mammals Including Primates and Chiroptera

    • J. I. Johnson, J. A. W. Kirsch
    Pages 293-331

  11. The Role of the Neurosciences in Primate Evolutionary Biology: Historical Commentary and Prospectus

    • Todd M. Preuss
    Pages 333-362

  12. Summary

    • Ross D. E. MacPhee
    Pages 363-373

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 375-383
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Editors and Affiliations

  • American Museum of Narutal History, New York, USA

    Ross D. E. MacPhee

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Primates and Their Relatives in Phylogenetic Perspective

  • Editors: Ross D. E. MacPhee

  • Series Title: Advances in Primatology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2388-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1993

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-44422-7Published: 30 September 1993

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-2390-5Published: 16 June 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-2388-2Published: 29 June 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 384

  • Topics: Evolutionary Biology, Zoology

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