دانلود کتاب Cetacean paleobiology

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Title Page......Page 23
Table of Contents......Page 2
Series Editor’s Preface......Page 25
Preface......Page 27
Acknowledgments......Page 29
1.1 Introduction and scope of the book......Page 30
1.2 What is a whale?......Page 31
1.3 Diversity, distribution, and ecology of modern cetaceans......Page 33
1.4 How to study extinct cetaceans......Page 35
References......Page 49
2.1 A history of exploration......Page 57
2.2 Strengths and weaknesses of the cetacean fossil record......Page 67
2.3 Major fossil localities......Page 74
2.4 Suggested Readings......Page 83
References......Page 84
3.1 Overview......Page 97
3.2 The skull......Page 102
3.3 The postcranial skeleton......Page 128
3.4 Osteological correlates of soft tissue anatomy......Page 137
3.5 Suggested readings......Page 154
References......Page 155
4.1 Cetacean origins......Page 168
4.2 The earliest whales: archaeocetes......Page 171
4.3 Filter-feeding whales: Mysticeti......Page 178
4.4 Echolocating whales: Odontoceti......Page 193
4.5 Consensus, conflicts, and diversification dates......Page 226
References......Page 232
5.1 From land to sea: the last steps......Page 251
5.2 Key innovations: baleen and echolocation......Page 272
5.3 Invasion of freshwater habitats......Page 278
5.4 Key fossils......Page 283
References......Page 300
6.1 Feeding strategies......Page 314
6.2 Cetaceans as a source of food......Page 342
6.3 Reproduction......Page 347
6.4 Migration......Page 349
6.5 Sexual dimorphism......Page 350
6.6 Diving......Page 353
6.7 Ontogenetic age......Page 356
References......Page 359
7.1 Patterns in cetacean diversity: radiations and extinctions......Page 374
7.2 Major turnover events......Page 387
7.3 Disparity and evolutionary rates......Page 392
7.4 Body size......Page 395
7.5 Brain size......Page 401
7.6 Paleobiogeography......Page 406
7.7 Convergent evolution......Page 411
References......Page 417
8.1 Limb morphology and development......Page 429
8.2 Regionalization of the vertebral column......Page 439
8.3 The origins of homodonty, polydonty, and monophyodonty......Page 442
8.4 Heterochrony: aged youngsters, juvenile adults......Page 450
8.5 Suggested readings......Page 456
References......Page 457
9.1 A modern view of cetacean evolution......Page 465
9.2 Cetacea—quo vadis?......Page 467
References......Page 468
Index......Page 471
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