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245 04 a| The emergence of whales :b| evolutionary patterns in the origin of Cetacea /c| edited by J.G.M. Thewissen.;

300 a| xii, 477 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 26 cm.;

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490 1 a| Advances in vertebrate paleobiology;

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

Other author	Thewissen, J. G. M.
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York : Plenum Press, ©1998.
Description	xii, 477 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Subjects	Cetacea--Evolution. Cetacea, Fossil.

Series	Advances in vertebrate paleobiology Advances in vertebrate paleobiology. ^A422755
Contents	Synopsis of the earliest cetaceans : Pakicetidae, Ambulocetidae, Remingtonocetidae, and Protocetidae / Ellen M. Williams -- Middle to Late Eocene basilosaurines and dorudontines / Mark D. Uhen -- Molecular evidence for the phylogenetic affinities of Cetacea / John Gatesy -- Cetaceans are highly derived artiodactyls / Michel C. Milinkovitch, Martine Bérubé, and Per J. Palsbøll -- Phylogenetic and morphometric reassessment of the dental evidence for a mesonychian and cetacean clade / Maureen A. O'Leary -- Relationships of Cetacea to terrestrial ungulates and the evolution of cranial vasculature in Cete / Jonathan H. Geisler and Zhexi Luo -- Middle Eocene cetaceans from the Harudi and Subathu Formations of India / Sunil Bajpai and J.G.M. Thewissen -- Postcranial osteology of the North American Middle Eocene protocetid Georgiacetus / Richard C. Hulbert, Jr. -- Homology and transformation of cetacean ectotympanic structures / Zhexi Luo -- Biomechanical perspective on the origin of cetacean flukes / Frank E. Fish -- Implications of vertebral morphology for locomotor evolution in early Cetacea / Emily A. Buchholtz -- Structural adaptations of early archaeocete long bones / Sandra I. Madar -- Evolution of thermoregulatory function in cetacean reproductive systems / D. Ann Pabst, Sentiel A. Rommel, and William A. McLellan -- Isotopic approaches to understanding the terrestrial-to-marine transition of the earliest cetaceans / Lois J. Roe ... [et al.] -- Paleobiological perspectives on Mesonychia, Archaeoceti, and the origin of whales / Philip D. Gingerich -- Cetacean origins : evolutionary turmoil during the invasion of the oceans / J.G.M. Thewissen.
Local note	Little-311442--305131013681W
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	98036333
ISBN	0306458535

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