The Evolution of ArtiodactylsArtiodactyls are diverse and successful hoofed mammals, represented by nearly two hundred living species of pigs, peccaries, hippos, camels, deer, sheep, cattle, giraffes, and other even-toed ungulates. In the recent years, a tremendous amount of research has been conducted on this important order. The Evolution of Artiodactyls synthesizes this research into a single, comprehensive volume. Here Donald R. Prothero, Scott E. Foss, and a team of distinguished international experts explore a variety of topics, including molecular phylogeny of terrestrial artiodactyls phylogenetic relationships of cetaceans to terrestrial artiodactyls, and the earliest artiodactyls—Diacodexidae, Dichobunidae, Homacodontidae, Leptochoeridae, and Raoellidae. A landmark reference, The Evolution of Artiodactyls belongs in the library of every paleontologist, mammalogist, and evolutionary biologist. Contributors: Jean-Renaud Boisserie, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle; Edward Byrd Davis, University of Oregon; Stéphane Ducrocq, Université de Poitiers; Jörg Erfurt, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg; Jonathan H. Geisler, Georgia Southern University; Colin P. Groves, Australian National University; John M. Harris, George C. Page Museum; James G. Honey, University of Colorado, Boulder; Christine M. Janis, Brown University; Fabrice Lihoreau, Université de N'Djaména; Matthew R. Liter, Occidental College; Liu Li-Ping, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, China; Joshua A. Ludtke, San Diego State University; Jonathan D. Marcot, University of Colorado Museum; Grégoire Métais, Carnegie Museum of Natural History; Gertrud E. Rössner, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; Nikos Solounias, American Museum of Natural History; James Bowie Stevens and Margaret Skeels Stevens, Lamar University; Jessica M. Theodor, University of Calgary; Mark D. Uhen, Cranbrook Institute of Science; Inessa Vislobokova, Russian Academy of Sciences |
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Contenido
1 Introduction | 1 |
Conflicts and Resolution | 4 |
3 Phylogenetic Relationships of Cetaceans to Terrestrial Artiodactyls | 19 |
Diacodexeidae Dichobunidae Homacodontidae Leptochoeridae and Raoellidae | 32 |
Cebochoeridae Choeropotamidae Mixtotheriidae Cainotheriidae Anoplotheriidae Xiphodontidae and Amphimerycidae | 59 |
6 Family Helohyidae | 85 |
7 Family Anthracotheriidae | 89 |
8 Family Hippopotamidae | 106 |
15 Basal Ruminants | 189 |
16 Family Tragulidae | 213 |
17 Family Moschidae | 221 |
18 Family Antilocapridae | 227 |
19 Family Palaeomerycidae | 241 |
20 Family Cervidae | 249 |
21 Family Giraffidae | 257 |
22 Family Bovidae | 278 |
9 Family Entelodontidae | 120 |
10 Superfamily Suoidea | 130 |
11 Family Agriochoeridae | 151 |
12 Family Merycoidodontidae | 157 |
13 Family Protoceratidae | 169 |
14 Family Camelidae | 177 |
23 Artiodactyl Paleoecology and Evolutionary Trends | 292 |
24 Summary | 303 |
References | 317 |
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