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THE RISE OF PLACENTAL MAMMALS: ORIGINS AND RELATIONSHIPS OF THE MAJOR EXTANT CLADES

Edited by Kenneth D. Rose and J. David Archibald

The Johns Hopkins University Press


ABOUT THE BOOK

From shrews to blue whales, placental mammals are among the most diverse and
successful vertebrates on the Earth. Arising sometime near the Late Cretaceous,
this broad clade of mammals contains more than 1,000 genera and approximately
4,400 extant species. Although much studied, the origin and diversification of
the placentals continue to be a source of debate.



Paleontologists Kenneth D. Rose and J. David Archibald have assembled the world's
leading authorities to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date evolutionary history
of placental mammals. Focusing on anatomical evidence, the contributors present
an unbiased scientific account of the initial radiation and ordinal relationships
of placental mammals, representing both the consensus and significant minorityviewpoints.
This book will be invaluable to paleontologists, evolutionary biologists, mammalogists,
and students.



ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Kenneth D. Rose is a professor at the Center for Functional Anatomy and Evolution
at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a research associate at
the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., and the
Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh. J. David Archibald is Professor
of Biology and Curator of Mammals in the Department of Biology at San Diego State
University. In addition he is a Research Associate at the San Diego Museum of
Natural History and the University of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley.
For the past 10 years he has directed the URBAC Paleontological Expeditions to
the Kyzylkum Desert, Uzbekistan, where he and his colleagues search for early
placental mammals.

 TABLE OF CONTENTS



LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS   ix

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS  xi

1 WOMB WITH A VIEW: THE RISE OF PLACENTALS  1
J. David Archibald and Kenneth D. Rose                                  

2 LOOKING BACK AT THE RECORD GEORGE GAYLORD SIMPSON AND PALEOMAMMALOGY  9
Leo E Laporte

3 ANATOMICAL EVIDENCE FOR SUPERORDINAL/ORDINAL EUTHERIAN TAXA IN THE CRETACEOUS  15
John R. Wible, Guillermo W: Rougier, and Michael J. Novacek

4 MOLECULAR EVIDENCE FOR MAJOR PLACENTAL CLADES 37
Mark S. Springer, William J. Murphy, Eduardo Eizirik, and Stephen J. O'Brien

5 INSECTIVORAN-GRADE PLACENTALS  50
Robert J. Asher

6 MACROSCELIDEA AND TUBULIDENTATA  71
Patricia A. Holroyd and Jason C. Mussell

7 PAENUNGULATA (SIRENIA, PROBOSCIDEA, HYRACOIDEA, AND RELATIVES)  84
Emmanuel Gheerbrant, Daryl P. Domning, and Pascal Tassy

8 XENARTHRA AND PHOLIDOTA 106
Kenneth D. Rose, Robert J. Emry, Timothy J. Gaudin, and Gerhard Storch

9 EUARCHONTA (DERMOPTERA, SCANDENTIA, PRIMATES) 127
Mary T. Silcox, Jonathan I. Bloch, Eric J. Sargis, and Douglas M. Boyer

10 GLIRES (LAGOMORPHA, RODENTIA) 145
Jin Meng and Andre R. Wyss

11 CHIROPTERA 159
Nancy B. Simmons

12 CARNIVORA 175
John J. Flynn and Gina D. Wesley-Hunt

13 PERISSODACTYLA 199
Jeremy J. Hooker

14 ARTIODACTYLA 215
Jessica M. Theodor, Kenneth D. Rose, and Jorg Erfurt

15 CETACEA 234
Philip D. Gingerich

INDEX 253

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Posted Date: 06/22/05