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_bF85 1997
245 1 0 _aFunctional morphology in vertebrate paleontology /
_cedited by Jeff Thomason.
260 _aCambridge [England] ;
_aNew York, NY, USA :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c1995.
300 _axi, 277 p. :
_bil. ;
_c26 cm.
504 _aIncluye referencias bibliográficas.
505 0 _aOn the inference of function from structure / George V. Lauder -- The Extant Phylogenetic Bracket and the importance of reconstructing soft tissues in fossils / Lawrence M. Witmer -- Fossils, function, and phylogeny / David B. Weishampel -- Masticatory function in nonmammalian cynodonts and early mammals / A.W. Crompton -- Correlations between craniodental morphology and feeding behavior in ungulates : reciprocal illumination between living and fossil taxa / Christine M. Janis -- Functional predictions from theoretical models of the skull and jaws in reptiles and mammals / Walter S. Greaves -- Carnassial functioning in nimravid and felid sabertooths : theoretical basis and robustness of inferences / Harold N. Bryant and Anthony P. Russell.
505 0 _a(cont.) The artifical generation of wear patterns on tooth models as a means to infer mandibular movement during feeding in mammals / Virginia L. Naples -- Determination of stresses in mammalian dental enamel and their relevance to the interpretation of feeding behaviors in extinct taxa / John M. Rensberger -- The structural consequences of skull flattening in crocodilians / Arthur B. Busbey -- Graphical analysis of dermal skull roof patterns / Keith S. Thomson -- The forelimb of Torosaurus and an analysis of the posture and gait of ceratopsian dinosaurs / Rolf E. Johnson and John H. Ostrom.
505 0 _a(cont.) Functional evolution of the hindlimb and tail from basal theropods to birds / Stephen M. Gatesy -- Functional interpretation of spinal anatomy in living and fossil amniotes / Emily B. Giffin -- To what extent can the mechanical environment of a bone be inferred from its internal architecture? / Jeffrey J. Thomason -- Form versus function : the evolution of a dialectic / Kevin Padian.
650 0 _aVertebrates, Fossil.
650 4 _aVertebrados fósiles.
700 1 _aThomason, J. J
_q(Jeffrey J.)
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