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Mammal Phylogeny

Mesozoic Differentiation, Multituberculates, Monotremes, Early Therians, and Marsupials

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  • © 1993

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Editors:
  1. Frederick S. Szalay

    1. Departments of Anthropology and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Hunter College and CUNY Graduate Center, New York, USA

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  2. Michael J. Novacek

    1. Department of Vertebrate Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA

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  3. Malcolm C. McKenna

    1. Department of Vertebrate Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Frederick S. Szalay
    Pages 1-3

  3. Ontogeny, Genetic Control, and Phylogeny of Female Reproduction in Monotreme and Therian Mammals

    • Marilyn B. Renfree
    Pages 4-20

  4. Development and the Phylogenetic Features of the Middle Ear Region

    • R. Presley
    Pages 21-29

  5. Relationships of the Liassic Mammals Sinoconodon, Morganucodon oehleri, and Dinnetherium

    • Alfred W. Crompton, Zhexi Luo
    Pages 30-44

  6. Basicranial Evidence for Early Mammal Phylogeny

    • John R. Wible, James A. Hopson
    Pages 45-62

  7. Cranial Morphology and Multituberculate Relationships

    • Desui Miao
    Pages 63-74

  8. Reconsideration of Monotreme Relationships Based on the Skull and Dentition of the Miocene Obdurodon dicksoni

    • Michael Archer, Peter Murray, Suzanne Hand, Henk Godthelp
    Pages 75-94

  9. Ontogenetic Evidence for Cranial Homologies in Monotremes and Therians, with Special Reference to Ornithorhynchus

    • Ulrich Zeller
    Pages 95-107

  10. Pedal Evolution of Mammals in the Mesozoic: Tests for Taxic Relationships

    • Frederick S. Szalay
    Pages 108-128

  11. Phylogenetic Systematics and the Early History of Mammals

    • Timothy Rowe
    Pages 129-145

  12. Phylogeny of Multituberculata

    • Nancy B. Simmons
    Pages 146-164

  13. Cranial Morphology of the Therian Common Ancestor, as Suggested by the Adaptations of Neonate Marsupials

    • Wolfgang Maier
    Pages 165-181

  14. An Ontogenetic Assessment of Dental Homologies in Therian Mammals

    • W. Patrick Luckett
    Pages 182-204

  15. Theria of Metatherian-Eutherian Grade and the Origin of Marsupials

    • Richard L. Cifelli
    Pages 205-215

  16. Metatherian Taxon Phylogeny: Evidence and Interpretation from the Cranioskeletal System

    • Frederick S. Szalay
    Pages 216-242

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 243-249
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About this book

The roots of this book and its sister volume, Mammal Phylogeny: Placentals, go back to discussions and plans, shelved for a while, between F. S. Szalay and W. P. Luckett during the international and multidisciplinary symposium on rodent evolution sponsored by NATO, July 2-6, 1984, in Paris. That conference, orga­ nized by W. P. Luckett and J. -L. Hartenberger, the proceedings of which were published in 1985, proved an inspiring experience to all of the participants, as this was repeatedly expressed both during and after the meetings. In addition to issues relating to rodents, general theoretical topics pertaining to the evolutionary biol­ ogy and systematics of other groups of mammals regularly surfaced during the presentations and discussions. M. J. Novacek, who was also a participant in the rodent symposium, shared with Luckett and Szalay the enthusiasm acquired there, and he also expressed strong interest for a meeting on mammal evolution with a general focus similar to that of the rodent gathering. In 1988, Szalay and Luckett, after having planned in detail a program, direc­ tion, and core list of participants, were awarded a $30,000 grant by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation through the Research Foundation of the City University of New York. The grant was contingent upon obtaining additional funds sufficient to assure that the symposium would be held. Raising the remaining funds proved to be a problem.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Departments of Anthropology and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Hunter College and CUNY Graduate Center, New York, USA

    Frederick S. Szalay

  • Department of Vertebrate Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA

    Michael J. Novacek, Malcolm C. McKenna

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Mammal Phylogeny

  • Book Subtitle: Mesozoic Differentiation, Multituberculates, Monotremes, Early Therians, and Marsupials

  • Editors: Frederick S. Szalay, Michael J. Novacek, Malcolm C. McKenna

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9249-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York, Inc. 1993

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-9249-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 249

  • Number of Illustrations: 150 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Zoology, Geology, Anatomy

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