Early Evolutionary History of the Synapsida

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kammerer, Christian F. (Editor), Angielczyk, Kenneth D. (Editor), Fröbisch, Jörg (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Paleontology.; Evolutionary biology.; Zoology.; Vertebrates.; Earth Sciences.; Evolutionary Biology.; Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.

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...

Table of Contents:

• Part I. “Pelycosaur”-grade Synapsids
• Part II. Anomodontia
• Part III. Theriodontia
• IV. Therapsid Diversity Patterns and the End-Permian Extinction.