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Title

The emergence of whales : evolutionary patterns in the origin of Cetacea / edited by J.G.M. Thewissen.

Publication

New York : Plenum Press, [1998], ©1998.

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Additional Authors

Thewissen, J. G. M.

Description

xii, 477 pages : illustrations; 26 cm.

Series Statement

Advances in vertebrate paleobiology

Uniform Title

Advances in vertebrate paleobiology.

Subjects

• Cetacea > Evolution
• Cetacea, Fossil

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Ch. 1. Synopsis of the Earliest Cetaceans: Pakicetidae, Ambulocetidae, Remingtonocetidae, and Protocetidae / Ellen M. Williams -- Ch. 2. Middle to Late Eocene Basilosaurines and Dorudontines / Mark D. Uhen -- Ch. 3. Molecular Evidence for the Phylogenetic Affinities of Cetacea / John Gatesy -- Ch. 4. Cetaceans Are Highly Derived Artiodactyls / Michel C. Milinkovitch, Martine Berube and Per J. Palsboll -- Ch. 5. Phylogenetic and Morphometric Reassessment of the Dental Evidence for a Mesonychian and Cetacean Clade / Maureen A. O'Leary -- Ch. 6. Relationships of Cetacea to Terrestrial Ungulates and the Evolution of Cranial Vasculature in Cete / Jonathan H. Geisler and Zhexi Luo -- Ch. 7. Middle Eocene Cetaceans from the Harudi and Subathu Formations of India / Sunil Bajpai and J. G. M. Thewissen -- Ch. 8. Postcranial Osteology of the North American Middle Eocene Protocetid Georgiacetus / Richard C. Hulbert, Jr. --
• Ch. 9. Homology and Transformation of Cetacean Ectotympanic Structures / Zhexi Luo -- Ch. 10. Biomechanical Perspective on the Origin of Cetacean Flukes / Frank E. Fish -- Ch. 11. Implications of Vertebral Morphology for Locomotor Evolution in Early Cetacea / Emily A. Buchholtz -- Ch. 12. Structural Adaptations of Early Archaeocete Long Bones / Sandra I. Madar -- Ch. 13. Evolution of Thermoregulatory Function in Cetacean Reproductive Systems / D. Ann Pabst, Sentiel A. Rommel and William A. McLellan -- Ch. 14. Isotopic Approaches to Understanding the Terrestrial-to-Marine Transition of the Earliest Cetaceans / Lois J. Roe, J. G. M. Thewissen and Jay Quade [et al.] -- Ch. 15. Paleobiological Perspectives on Mesonychia, Archaeoceti, and the Origin of Whales / Philip D. Gingerich -- Ch. 16. Cetacean Origins: Evolutionary Turmoil during the Invasion of the Oceans / J. G. M. Thewissen.

ISBN

0306458535

LCCN

98036333

OCLC

ocm39533589

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries