Evolution of artiodactyls /

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Evolution of artiodactyls / [edited by] Donald R. Prothero and Scott E. Foss. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2007.
xii, 367 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. Content notes : 1. Introduction --
2. Molecular phylogeny of terrestrial artiodactyls : conflicts and resolution / Jonathan D. Marcot --
3. Phylogenetic relationships of cetaceans to terrestrial artiodactyls / Jonathan H. Geisler [and others] --
4. The earliest artiodactyls : Diacodexidae, Dichobunidae, Homacodontidae, Leptochoeridae, and Raoellidae / Jessica M. Theodor, Jörg Erfurt and Grégoire Métais --
5. Endemic European artiodactyls : Cebochoeridae, Choeropotamidae, Mixtotheriidae, Cainotheriidae, Anoplotheriidae, Xiphodontidae and Amphimerycidae / Jörg Erfurt and Grégoire Métais --
6. Family Helohyidae / Scott E. Foss --
7. Family Anthracotheriidae / Fabrice Lihoreau and Stéphane Ducrocq --
8. Family Hippopotamidae / Jean-Renaud Boisserie --
9. Family Entelodontidae / Scott E. Foss --
10. Superfamily Suoidea / John M. Harris and Liu Li-Ping --
11. Family Agriochoeridae / Joshua A. Ludtke --
12. Family Merycoidodontidae / Margaret Skeels Stevens and James Bowie Stevens --
13. Family Protoceratidae / Donald R. Prothero and Joshua A. Ludtke --
14. Family Camelidae / James G. Honey --
15. Basal ruminants / Grégoire Métais and Inessa Vislobokova --
16. Family Tragulidae / Gertrude E. Rössner --
17. Family Moschidae / Donald R. Prothero --
18. Family Antilocapridae / Edward Byrd Davis --
19. Family Palaeomerycidae / Donald R. Prothero and Matthew R. Liter --
20. Family Cervidae / Colin P. Groves --
21. Family Giraffidae / Nikos Solounias --
22. Family Bovidae / Nikos Solounias --
23. Artiodactyl paleoecology and evolutionary trends / Christine M. Janis --
24. Summary. 9780801887352 (hardcover : alk. paper) * Fossil Artiodactyla - Evolution. Phylogeny. * Prothero, Donald R.,Foss, Scott E, * Title