The evolution of mammalian characters
Print Book, English, ©1984
Croom Helm ; Kapitan Szabo Publishers, London, Washington, D.C., ©1984
x, 149 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780709915348, 9780916845018, 0709915349, 091684501X
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Chapter 1. The ancestors of the mammals. Earliest vertebrates
Anamniotes and amniotes
Sauropsida and Theropsida
The Synapsida
The Pelycosauria
Chapter 2. The Therapsids. Anomodontia
Theriodontia
Gorgonopsia
Therocephalia
Bauriomorpha
Cynodontia
Chapter 3. Specialised Cynodont derivatives. Chiniquodontidae
Ictidosauria
Dromatherium and Microconodon
Teeth from the Wurttemburg bone-bed
Tritylodontidae
Haramiyidae
Chapter 4. The first mammals. The definition of a mammal
The time of origin of the mammals
Primitive mammals
Morganucodon
an early atherian mammal
Kuehneotherium
an early therian mammal
Chapter 5. Dentitions, tooth-replacement and jaw articulation. Dental terminology
Tooth replacement
Evolution of mammalian canines
Evolution of mammalian cheek-teeth
The bones of the lower jaw
Chapter 6. The evolution of mammalian sight and hearing. The competitors of early mammals
Sight in a nocturnal environment
The olfactory sense in the nocturnal environment
Hearing in mammal-like reptiles
The location of the tympanic membrane
Location by sound
The evolution of the mammalian middle ear
Chapter 7. The completion of the first stage of mammalian evolution in the Middle Jurassic. Stonesfield mammals
Other Middle Jurassic mammals
Chapter 8. The mammals of the Upper Jurassic. The Durdlestone (Durlston) Bay mammals
The mammals of the Morrison Formation
The Guimarota mammals
Other Upper Jurassic faunas
Triconodonta
Docodonta
Multituberculata
Pantotheria
Chapter 9. The mammals of the Lower Cretaceous. Wealden mammals
Asian lower cretaceous mammals
The origin of marsupials and placentals