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The Emergence of Whales

Evolutionary Patterns in the Origin of Cetacea

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Editors:
  1. J. G. M. Thewissen

    1. Department of Anatomy, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, USA

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Part of the book series: Advances in Vertebrate Paleobiology (AIVP, volume 1)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Synopsis of the Earliest Cetaceans

    • Ellen M. Williams
    Pages 1-28

  3. Middle to Late Eocene Basilosaurines and Dorudontines

    • Mark D. Uhen
    Pages 29-61

  4. Molecular Evidence for the Phylogenetic Affinities of Cetacea

    • John Gatesy
    Pages 63-111

  5. Cetaceans Are Highly Derived Artiodactyls

    • Michel C. Milinkovitch, Martine Bérubé, Per J. Palsbøll
    Pages 113-131

  6. Phylogenetic and Morphometric Reassessment of the Dental Evidence for a Mesonychian and Cetacean Clade

    • Maureen A. O’Leary
    Pages 133-161

  7. Relationships of Cetacea to Terrestrial Ungulates and the Evolution of Cranial Vasculature in Cete

    • Jonathan H. Geisler, Zhexi Luo
    Pages 163-212

  8. Middle Eocene Cetaceans from the Harudi and Subathu Formations of India

    • Sunil Bajpai, J. G. M. Thewissen
    Pages 213-233

  9. Postcranial Osteology of the North American Middle Eocene Protocetid Georgiacetus

    • Richard C. Hulbert Jr.
    Pages 235-267

  10. Homology and Transformation of Cetacean Ectotympanic Structures

    • Zhexi Luo
    Pages 269-301

  11. Biomechanical Perspective on the Origin of Cetacean Flukes

    • Frank E. Fish
    Pages 303-324

  12. Implications of Vertebral Morphology for Locomotor Evolution in Early Cetacea

    • Emily A. Buchholtz
    Pages 325-351

  13. Structural Adaptations of Early Archaeocete Long Bones

    • Sandra I. Madar
    Pages 353-378

  14. Evolution of Thermoregulatory Function in Cetacean Reproductive Systems

    • D. Ann Pabst, Sentiel A. Rommel, William A. McLellan
    Pages 379-397

  15. Isotopic Approaches to Understanding the Terrestrial-to-Marine Transition of the Earliest Cetaceans

    • Lois J. Roe, J. G. M. Thewissen, Jay Quade, James R. O’Neil, Sunil Bajpai, Ashok Sahni et al.
    Pages 399-422

  16. Paleobiological Perspectives on Mesonychia, Archaeoceti, and the Origin of Whales

    • Philip D. Gingerich
    Pages 423-449

  17. Cetacean Origins

    • J. G. M. Thewissen
    Pages 451-464

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 465-477
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About this book

Research in whale origins is now in an explosive phase, with a cascade of discoveries adding to our understanding of the evolutionary pattern and a suite of new techniques being applied to address new questions. The objective of this volume is to provide a snapshot of this explosion. The volume paints the scene with a broad brush. Taken together the chapters clearly indicate that cetacean origins is a field that is dynamic, multidisciplinary, and that the end of the explosive phase is not in sight.

Reviews

`....it offers important anatomical vignettes such as those relating to hearing and swimming. All told, the contributors have created an extremely data-rich volume from which scholars will glean knowledge for years to come.'
Science, 283 (1999)
`Up to now, a `state of the art' summary ... had not been available. This book admirably fills that void and should be added to the library of any serious mammalogist and paleomammalogist.'
Journal of Mammalogy, 80:4 (1999)
`The Emergence of Whales ends with excellent summaries about our knowledge to date of early whale evolution. The book is a very ggod source of informatiom on the early whales and is necessary reading for anyome involved in whale paleobiology and evolution.'
American Scientist, 87 (1999)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Anatomy, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, USA

    J. G. M. Thewissen

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Emergence of Whales

  • Book Subtitle: Evolutionary Patterns in the Origin of Cetacea

  • Editors: J. G. M. Thewissen

  • Series Title: Advances in Vertebrate Paleobiology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0159-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-45853-8Published: 31 October 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-0161-3Published: 18 July 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-0159-0Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 477

  • Topics: Evolutionary Biology, Paleontology, Freshwater & Marine Ecology

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