Mammals from the Age of Dinosaurs: Origins, Evolution, and StructureEarly mammals were significant and fast-evolving elements of the terrestrial biota for much of the Mesozoic, and they have played an increasingly important role in studies of paleoecology, faunal turnover, and historical biogeography. This book thoroughly covers all aspects of the anatomy, paleobiology, and systematics of early mammalian groups, in addition to the extant lineages with long history extending back into Mesozoic. Numerous detailed maps and line drawings enhance the text. |
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Alphadon apomorphies Averianov Bonaparte braincase Campanian chapter Cifelli cingulid clade Clemens cranial Crompton crown group cusps cynodonts Dashzeveg dental dentary dentition Diagnosis differs distal Distribution docodontans dorsal Early Cretaceous enamel Ensom eutherians eutriconodontans Family incertae sedis fauna figure foramen Formation fossa fossils genera Hahn and Hahn holotype Hopson Hurum incertae sedis incisors indet Jaworowska Jenkins Judithian Kermack Kielan Kielan-Jaworowska known Kuehneotherium labial Lancian Late Cretaceous Late Jurassic lateral Lillegraven lingual lower molars mammalian mammals mandible marsupials McKenna medial Mesozoic Mesozoic mammals metacone metaconid molar cusps molariform monotremes Morganucodon multituberculates Nessov nonmammalian North America occlusal view Paleocene Paracimexomys paracone paraconid Paulchoffatiidae petrosal Plagiaulacidae plesiomorphic postcranial postdentary posterior premolars present primitive Rougier Sigogneau-Russell Simpson Sinoconodon skull species by monotypy specimens stem mammals stylar stylocone symmetrodontans Szalay talonid taxa taxon teeth therians tooth transverse tribosphenic trigonid tritylodontids Trofimov type genus type species upper molars ventral Wible