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245	0	0	_aEarly evolutionary history of the Synapsida / _c[edited by] Christian F. Kammerer, Kenneth D. Angielczyk and Jorg Frobisch.
260			_aNew York : _bSpringer, _c2014.
300			_axi, 337 p. : _billustrations (some color) ; _c29 cm.
490			_aVertebrate paleobiology and paleoanthropology series
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505	0		_aPart 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.
520			_aNon-mammalian synapsids were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates from the Late Carboniferous to the Middle Triassic and play a key role in understanding the origin and evolution of mammals. Despite these facts and the outstanding fossil record of the group, early synapsids remain obscure. This book showcases the full breadth of contemporary research on non-mammalian synapsids, ranging from taxonomy and phylogenetics to functional morphology, biogeography, paleoecology, and patterns of diversity. It also underscores the importance and potential of studying non-mammalian synapsid paleobiology in its own right, not just in the context of mammalian evolution.
650		0	_aFossil Reptiles.
650		0	_aMammals _xEvolution.
650		0	_aVertebrates _xEvolution.
700	1		_aKammerer, Christian F., _eeditor
700	1		_aAngielczyk, Kenneth D., _eeditor
700	1		_aFrobisch, Jorg, _eeditor
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