Early evolutionary history of the Synapsida /
xi, 337 p. : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm. - (Vertebrate paleobiology and paleoanthropology series ) Content notes : Part I "Pelycosaur"-grade synapsids
1. "Pelycosaur"-grade synapsids : introduction / Robert R. Reisz --
2. New information on the basal pelycosaurian-grade synapsid Oedaleops / Stuart S. Sumida, Valerie Pelletier, and David S. Berman --
3. Was Ophiacodon (Synapsida, Eupelycosauria) a swimmer? : a test using vertebral dimensions / Ryan N. Felice and Kenneth D. Angielczyk --
4. Postcranial description and reconstruction of the varanodontine varanopid Aerosaurus wellesi (Synapsida: Eupelycosauria) / Valerie Pelletier --
5. First European record of a varanodontine (Synapsida: Varanopidae): member of a unique early Permian upland paleoecosystem, Tambach Basin, central Germany / David S. Berman, Amy C. Henrici, Stuart S. Sumida, Thomas Martens, and Valerie Pelletier --
Part II Anomodontia
6. Anomodontia : introduction / Jorg Frobisch --
7. Permian and Triassic dicynodont (Therapsida: Anomodontia) faunas of the Luangwa Basin, Zambia : update and implications for dicynodont biogeography and biostratigraphy / Kenneth D. Angielczyk, Jean-Sébastien Steyer, Christian A. Sidor, Roger M.H. Smith, Robin L. Whatley, and Stephen Tolan --
8. Anatomical plasticity in the snout of Lystrosaurus / Sandra C. Jasinoski, Michael A. Cluver, Anusuya Chinsamy, and B. Daya Reddy --
9. Pathological features in Upper Permian and Middle Triassic dicynodonts (Synapsida, Therapsida) / Cristina Silveira Vega and Michael W. Maisch --
Part III Theriodontia
10. Theriodontia : introduction / Christian F. Kammerer --
11. A redescription of Eriphostoma microdon Broom, 1911 (Therapsida, Gorgonopsia) from the Tapinocephalus assemblage zone of South Africa and a review of Middle Permian gorgonopsians / Christian F. Kammerer --
12. Re-assessment of the taxonomic position of the specimen GPIT/RE/7113 (Sauroctonus parringtoni comb. nov., Gorgonopsia) / Eva V.I. Gebauer --
13. New material of Microgomphodon oligocynus (Eutherapsida, Therocephalia) and the taxonomy of southern African Bauriidae / Fernando Abdala, Tea Jashashvili, Bruce S. Rubidge, and Juri van den Heever --
14. The traversodontid cynodont Mandagomphodon hirschsoni from the Middle Triassic of the Ruhuhu Valley, Tanzania / James A. Hopson --
15. Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Traversodontidae / Jun Liu and Fernando Abdala --
Part IV Therapsid diversity patterns and the end-Permian extinction
16. Introduction / Kenneth D. Angielczyk --
17. Vertebrate paleontology of Nooitgedacht 68 : a Lystrosaurus maccaigi-rich Permo-Triassic boundary locality in South Africa / Jennifer Botha-Brink, Adam K. Huttenlocker, and Sean P. Modesto --
18. Synapsid diversity and the rock record in the Permian-Triassic Beaufort Group (Karoo Supergroup), South Africa / Jorg Frobisch--
Subject Index--
Taxonomic Index. Mammals - Evolution. Vertebrates - Evolution. Angielczyk, Kenneth D.,Frobisch, Jorg,
