Early Evolutionary History of the Synapsida

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Kammerer, Christian F. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Angielczyk, Kenneth D. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Fröbisch, Jörg (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Σειρά: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology,
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Paleontology.; Evolutionary biology.; Zoology.; Vertebrates.; Earth Sciences.; Evolutionary Biology.; Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.
• Φυσική περιγραφή: XI, 337 p. 128 illus., 114 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9789400768413
• ISSN: 1877-9077

Non-mammalian synapsids were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates from the Late Carboniferous to the Middle Triassic and play a key role in understanding the origin and evolution of mammals. Despite these facts and the outstanding fossil record of the group, early synapsids remain obscure. This book showcases the full breadth of contemporary research on non-mammalian synapsids, ranging from taxonomy and phylogenetics to functional morphology, biogeography, paleoecology, and patterns of diversity. It also underscores the importance and potential of studying non-mammalian synapsid paleobiology in its own right, not just in the context of mammalian evolution.