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UNINA9910808960403321 |
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Titolo |
Forerunners of mammals : radiation, histology, biology / / edited by Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-59650-3 |
9786613626332 |
0-253-00533-7 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (373 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Reptiles, Fossil |
Mammals - Evolution |
Bones - Histology |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Contributors; 1 The Origin and Radiation of Therapsids; 2 Therapsid Biodiversity Patterns and Paleoenvironments of the Karoo Basin, South Africa; 3 The Microstructure of Bones and Teeth of Nonmammalian Therapsids; 4 The Paleobiology and Bone Microstructure of Pelycosaurian-Grade Synapsids; 5 Dicynodont Growth Dynamics and Lifestyle Adaptations; 6 Biological Inferences of the Cranial Microstructure of the Dicynodonts Oudenodon and Lystrosaurus; 7 Bone and Dental Histology of Late Triassic Dicynodonts from North America |
8 Bone Histology of Some Therocephalians and Gorgonopsians, and Evidence of Bone Degradation by Fungi9 The Radiation and Osteohistology of Nonmammaliaform Cynodonts; 10 The Radiation, Bone Histology, and Biology of Early Mammals; 11 The Evolution of Mammalian Endothermy; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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About 320 million years ago a group of reptiles known as the synapsids emerged and forever changed Earth's ecological landscapes. This book discusses the origin and radiation of the synapsids from their sail-backed pelycosaur ancestor to their diverse descendants, the therapsids or mammal-like reptiles, that eventually gave rise to |
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