Beginning of the Age of Mammals

Name: Beginning of the Age of Mammals
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ISBN: 9780801884726

ISBN-10: 0801884721

ISBN-13: 9780801884726

Edition: 2006

Authors: Kenneth D. Rose

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In the tradition of G. G. Simpson's classic work, Kenneth D. Rose's The Beginning of the Age of Mammals analyzes the events that occurred directly before and after the mysterious K-T boundary which so quickly thrust mammals from obscurity to planetary dominance. Rose surveys the evolution of mammals, beginning with their origin from cynodont therapsids in the Mesozoic, contemporary with dinosaurs, through the early Cenozoic, with emphasis on the Paleocene and Eocene adaptive radiations of therian mammals. Focusing on the fossil record, he presents the anatomical evidence used to interpret behavior and phylogenetic relationships. The life's work of one of the most knowledgeable researchers…

Book details

List price: $180.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 10/31/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 448
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.00" long x 1.33" tall
Weight: 3.344
Language: English

Kenneth D. Rose teaches at California State University and is author of American Women and the Repeal of Prohibition .



Preface


Acknowledgments



Introduction


The Early Cenozoic Mammalian Radiation


Timing of the Crown-Therian Radiation


Mammalian Phylogeny, Interrelationships, and Classification


Geochronology and Biochronology of the Early Cenozoic


Paleogeographic Setting During the Beginning of the Age of Mammals


Paleocene-Eocene Climate and Flora


Organization of the Volume



Mammalian Skeletal Structure and Adaptations


Skull


Dentition


Postcranial Skeleton


Skeletal Adaptations



The Origin of Mammals


What is a Mammal?


The Evolutionary Transition to Mammals



Synopsis of Mesozoic Mammal Evolution


Historical Background


The Oldest Mammals


Docodonta


Multituberculata


Eutriconodonta


Symmetrodonts


Eupantotheres


Tribosphenic Mammals


Mesozoic Mammals of Uncertain Affinity



Metatheria: Marsupials and Their Relatives


Basal Metatherians


Primitive Marsupials



Earliest Eutherian Mammals



Cimolesta


Didelphodonta and Other Primitive Cimolesta


Didymoconidae


Pantolesta


Apatotheria


Taeniodonta


Tillodontia


Pantodonta



Creodonta and Carnivora


Creodonta


Carnivora



Insectivora


Leptictida


Lipotyphla



Archonta: Bats, Dermopterans, Primates, and Tree Shrews


Chiroptera


Dermoptera


Primates and Plesiadapiformes


Scandentia



"Edentates:" Xenarthra and Pholidota


Xenarthra


Pholidota



Archaic Ungulates


Oldest Ungulate Relatives


Condylarthra: Archaic Ungulates


Arctostylopida


Meridiungulata: Endemic South American Ungulates


Dinocerata



Altungulata: Perissodactyls, Hyraxes, and Tethytheres


Perissodactyla


Paenungulata



Cete and Artiodactyla


Cete and Cetacea


Artiodactyla



Anagalida: Rodents, Lagomorphs, and Their Relatives


Primitive Asian Anagalidans and Possible Anagalidans


Macroscelidea


Glires



Reflections and Speculations on the Beginning of the Age of Mammals


Early Cenozoic Mammal Record


Synopsis of Paleocene and Eocene Mammals


A Final Note


Literature Cited


Index