Forerunners of mammals :
xv, 330 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. - (Life of the past ) Content notes : 1. The origin and radiation of therapsids / Tom S. Kemp --
2. Therapsid biodiversity patterns and paleoenvironments of the Karoo Basin, South Africa / Roger Smith, Bruce Rubidge, and Merrill van der Walt --
3. The microstructure of bones and teeth of nonmammalian therapsids / Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan --
4. The paleobiology and bone microstructure of Pelycosaurian-grade synapsids / Adam K. Huttenlocker and Elizabeth Rega --
5. Dicynodont growth dynamics and lifestyle adaptations / Sanghamitra Ray, Jennifer Botha-Brink, and Anusaya Chinsamy-Turan --
6. Biological inferences of the cranial microstructure of the dicynodonts Oudenodon and Lystrosaurus / Sandra C. Jasinoski and Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan --
7. Bone and dental histology of Late Triassic dicynodonts from North America / Jeremy L. Green --
8. Bone histology of some therocephalians and gorgonopsians, and evidence of bone degradation by fungi / Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan and Sanghamitra Ray --
9. The radiation and osteohistology of nonmammaliaform cynodonts / Jennifer Botha-Brink, Fernando Abdala, and Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan --
10. The radiation, bone histology, and biology of early mammals / Jorn H. Hurum and Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan --
11. The evolution of mammalian endothermy / John A. Ruben, Willem J. Hillenius, Tom S. Kemp, and Devon E. Quick--
References--
Index. Mammals - Evolution. Bones - Histology.
