Research Catalog

Title

Functional morphology in vertebrate paleontology / edited by Jeff Thomason.

Publication

Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1995.

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Details

Additional Authors

Thomason, Jeff.

Description

xi, 277 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Subject

• Vertebrates, Fossil
• Fossil vertebrates

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• On the inference of function from structure / George V. Lauder -- The Extant Phylogenetic Bracket and the importance of reconstructing soft tissues in fossils / Lawrence M. Witmer -- Fossils, function, and phylogeny / David B. Weishampel -- Masticatory function in nonmammalian cynodonts and early mammals / A.W. Crompton -- Correlations between craniodental morphology and feeding behavior in ungulates : reciprocal illumination between living and fossil taxa / Christine M. Janis -- Functional predictions from theoretical models of the skull and jaws in reptiles and mammals / Walter S. Greaves -- Carnassial functioning in nimravid and felid sabertooths : theoretical basis and robustness of inferences / Harold N. Bryant and Anthony P. Russell.
• (cont.) The artificial generation of wear patterns on tooth models as a means to infer mandibular movement during feeding in mammals / Virginia L. Naples -- Determination of stresses in mammalian dental enamel and their relevance to the interpretation of feeding behaviors in extinct taxa / John M. Rensberger -- The structural consequences of skull flattening in crocodilians / Arthur B. Busbey -- Graphical analysis of dermal skull roof patterns / Keith S. Thomson -- The forelimb of Torosaurus and an analysis of the posture and gait of ceratopsian dinosaurs / Rolf E. Johnson and John H. Ostrom.
• (cont.) Functional evolution of the hindlimb and tail from basal theropods to birds / Stephen M. Gatesy -- Functional interpretation of spinal anatomy in living and fossil amniotes / Emily B. Giffin -- To what extent can the mechanical environment of a bone be inferred from its internal architecture? / Jeffrey J. Thomason -- Form versus function : the evolution of a dialectic / Kevin Padian.

Call Number

JSF 95-697

ISBN

0521440955 (hardback)

LCCN

93047981 //r95

OCLC

29548084

Title

Functional morphology in vertebrate paleontology / edited by Jeff Thomason.

Imprint

Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1995.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Indexed Term

Fossil vertebrates

Added Author

Thomason, Jeff.

Research Call Number

JSF 95-697