Primates and their relatives in phylogenetic perspective /
This unique volume investigates the relationships of primates at the ordinal and higher classificatory levels from a variety of interdisciplinary viewpoints. Individual chapters examine the origin and evolution of gliding in early Cenozoic Dermoptera, the ontogeny of the tympanic floor in Archontans...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Plenum Press,
[1993]
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| Series: | Advances in primatology (Plenum Press)
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Table of Contents:
- Importance of methods: Archontan phylogeny and cladistic analysis of morphological data / Nancy B. Simmons
- Origin and evolution of gliding in early Cenozoic Dermoptera (Mammalia, Primatomorpha) / K. Christopher Beard
- Implications of the propatagial muscles of flying and gliding mammals for Archontan systematics / J.G.M. Thewissen and S.K. Babcock
- Ontogeny of the tympanic floor and roof in Archontans / John R. Wible and James R. Martin
- Developmental evidence from the fetal membranes for assessing Archontan relationships / W. Patrick Luckett
- Cranioskeletal morphology of Archontans, and diagnoses of Chiroptera, Volitantia and Archonta / Frederick S. Szalay and Spencer G. Lucas
- Molecular examination of Archontan and Chiropteran Monophyly / Ronald M. Adkins and Rodney L. Honeycutt
- Molecular view of primate supraordinal relationships from the analysis of both nucleotide and amino acid sequences / Michael J. Stanhope [and others]
- Phylogeny through brain traits: interordinal relationships among mammals including primates and Chiroptera / J.I. Johnson and J.A.W. Kirsch.
- (cont) Role of the neurosciences in primate evolutionary biology: historical commentary and prospectus / Todd M. Preuss
- Summary / Ross D.E. MacPhee.